Mindfulness and Compassion for Mental Health
Session 1: Anxiety
Anxiety is the most commonly diagnosed condition in the general population. There are four primary anxiety disorder diagnoses in the DSM-5, but anxiety is also associated with a variety of other disorders. The good news is, anxiety is one of the most easily treatable of the mental health diagnoses.
Anxiety is the most commonly diagnosed condition in the general population. There are four primary anxiety disorder diagnoses in the DSM-5, but anxiety is also associated with a variety of other disorders. The good news is, anxiety is one of the most easily treatable of the mental health diagnoses.
Ads and marketing of mindfulness programs claim their classes or sessions will bring about wellbeing, relaxation, contentment, etc. This is true… given good training and regular practice.
It is well known that mindfulness meditation can lower levels of anxiety, but how does it do that, what sort of things hinder our ability to reduce our levels of anxiety, and what areas of our life are affected by the anxiety?
We will address those questions in this session with special attention to the experience of the mindfulness meditation and compassion exercises. A sneak peek at the research bibliography is below.
This course is part of, and supported by, the
Dallas Center for Mindfulness & Compassion (DCMC)
DCMC is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the contemplative practices of mindfulness and compassion into our modern world.
All registrations will go through the DCMC website. Click the button below to be taken to the registration page.
In this session we will be discussing mindfulness and compassion in relation to…
A Compassion Focused Approach to Anxiety Disorders (Welford, 2010)
Investigating the effects and efficacy of self-compassion intervention on generalized anxiety disorders (Luo et al., 2024)
Mindfulness-based interventions for social anxiety disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Liu et al., 2021)
Self-compassion is a better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed anxiety and depression (Van Dam et al., 2011)
The Impact of Self-Compassion on Shame-Proneness (Cȃndea & Szentágotai-Tătar, 2018)
The Mediating Effects of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion on Trait Anxiety (Bergen-Cico & Cheon, 2013)
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Bergen-Cico, D., & Cheon, S. (2013). The Mediating Effects of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion on Trait Anxiety.
Cȃndea, D.-M., & Szentágotai-Tătar, A. (2018). The Impact of Self-Compassion on Shame-Proneness in Social Anxiety.
Liu, X., Yi, P., Ma, L., Liu, W., Deng, W., Yang, X., Liang, M., Luo, J., Li, N., & Li, X. (2021). Mindfulness-based interventions for social anxiety disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry research, 300, 113935.
Luo, X., Shen, Y., Sun, L., Qi, X., Hong, J., Wang, Y., Che, X., & Lei, Y. (2024). Investigating the effects and efficacy of self-compassion intervention on generalized anxiety disorders. Journal of affective disorders, 359, 308-318.
Van Dam, N. T., Sheppard, S. C., Forsyth, J. P., & Earleywine, M. (2011). Self-compassion is a better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed anxiety and depression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
Welford, M. (2010). A Compassion Focused Approach to Anxiety Disorders.
This course is part of, and supported by, the
Dallas Center for Mindfulness & Compassion (DCMC)
DCMC is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the contemplative practices of mindfulness and compassion into our modern world.
All registrations will go through the DCMC website. Click the button below to be taken to the registration page.