Spirituality in Clinical Practice
October 29, 2026
Megan Sherman, Cynthia J Price
Research links the neural processes of spiritual experiences, or 'peak experiences' of eudaimonic well-being, to substance abuse recovery. Studies also identify health improvements among substance use disorder (SUD) treatment approaches that include interoceptive awareness training. However, the relationship between interoceptive awareness and spiritual experience within substance use recovery...
Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health
2025
Cynthia J Price, Dana Dharmakaya Colgan, Erin Abu-Rish Blakeney et al.
Non-pharmacologic approaches are now considered best practice for the treatment of chronic pain. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate patient responses to a newly integrated clinic service called Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT) at a chronic pain clinic. MABT is designed to develop interoceptive sensibility for improved well-being and emotion regulation. A one-group...
Mindfulness
November 1, 2024
Cynthia J Price, Kenneth C Pike, Anna Treadway et al.
9 citations
The need for improve medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment outcomes can be limited by co-occurring polysubstance use, mental health, and chronic pain conditions. Interoceptive training may facilitate well-being and support medication treatment for MOUD. While effective, medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment outcomes can be limited by co-occurring polysubstance use,...
Brain Sciences
September 30, 2023
Cynthia J Price, Gunes Sevinc, Norman A. S. Farb
Interoception, the representation of the body's internal state, is increasingly recognized for informing subjective wellbeing and promoting regulatory behavior. However, few empirical reports characterize interoceptive neural networks, and fewer demonstrate changes to these networks in response to an efficacious intervention. Using a two-group randomized controlled trial, this pilot study...
Substance Abuse
September 20, 2018
Cynthia J Price, Elaine A Thompson, Sheila E Crowell et al.
Background: Sensory information gained through interoceptive awareness may play an important role in affective behavior and successful inhibition of drug use. This study examined the immediate pre-post effects of the mind-body intervention Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT) as an adjunct to women's substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. MABT teaches interoceptive awareness...
Frontiers in Psychology
2018
Cynthia J Price, Carole Hooven
Emotion regulation involves a coherent relationship with the self, specifically effective communication between body, mind, and feelings. Effective emotion regulation involves the ability to accurately detect and evaluate cues related to physiological reactions to stressful events, accompanied by appropriate regulation strategies that temper and influence the emotional response. There is...
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
2011
Wolf Mehling, Judith Wrubel, Jennifer Daubenmier et al.
465 citations
Enhancing body awareness has been described as a key element or a mechanism of action for therapeutic approaches often categorized as mind-body approaches, such as yoga, TaiChi, Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Body Awareness Therapy, mindfulness based therapies/meditation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Method, Breath Therapy and others with reported benefits for a variety of health conditions. To better...