Trauma, violence & abuse

Conceptualizing mindfulness and acceptance as components of psychological resilience to trauma.

Trauma, violence & abuse October 1, 2011 Rachel W Thompson, Diane B Arnkoff, Carol R Glass

Mindfulness- and acceptance-based conceptualizations of PTSD implicate experiential avoidance and non-mindful behavior in the etiology and maintenance of the disorder. If experiential avoidance is associated with vulnerability to PTSD, then a mindful and accepting orientation toward experience may confer psychological resilience following exposure to trauma. This article examines how...