Reading List
Recommended Reading
FOR EVERYONE
* Self Help Guides
* MBCT Manual
* Selected Background Reading
FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
* Books - Core Reading
* Children & Young People
* Meditation - Additional Resources
* Meditation & Psychology
* Meditation & Psychology - Books
* Meditation & Psychology - Journal Articles
* Research
FOR EVERYONE
Self Help Guides
- Jon Kabat-Zinn (1990), Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness, Delacorte - The seminal book in this field
- Jon Kabat-Zinn (1994), Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Hyperion
- Kabat-Zinn J. & Kabat-Zinn M., (1998), Everyday Blessings. The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting, Hyperion.
- Saki Santorelli (1998), Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine, Random House/Bell Tower
- Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, & John Teasdale (2007), The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness, Guilford, New York
- Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005), Coming to Our Senses: Healing ourselves and The World Through Mindfulness, Hyperion
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MBCT Manual
- Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale (2002), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse, Guilford – Known as the green bible
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Selected Background Reading
- Kabat-Zinn J. (2000), 'Participatory Medicine', Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 14:239-240
- Kabat-Zinn J. (1993), 'Psychosocial Factors in Coronary Heart Disease: Their Importance and Management', in Ockene I. & Ockene J. (Eds) Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, Little Brown, Boston, pp. 299-333.
- Kabat-Zinn J. (1993), 'Mindfulness Meditation: Health Benefits of an Ancient Buddhist Practice', in Goleman D. and Gurin J. (Eds) Mind/Body Medicine, Consumer Reports Books, Yonkers, New York
- Kabat-Zinn J. (1994), Foreword to Lerner M., Choices in Healing, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp.xi-xvii
- Kabat-Zinn J. (1996), Catalyzing Movement Toward a More Contemplative/Sacred-Appreciating/Non-dualistic Society, Project on the Contemplative Mind in Society Monograph, Williamsburg, Massachusetts
- Kabat-Zinn J. (1999), 'Indra's Net at Work: The Mainstreaming of Dharma Practice in Society', in The Psychology of Awakening, Watson G, Batchelor S, and Claxton G (Eds), Random House/Rider, London, UK, pp. 225-249.
- Kabat-Zinn J. (2002), Foreword to: Segal Z.V, Williams J.M.G, & Teasdale J.D, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse, Guilford, New York
- Kabat-Zinn J. (2002), 'Mindfulness: The Heart of Rehabilitation', Foreword to Leskowitz E. (Ed.), Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rehabilitation, Churchill Livingstone, (in press)
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FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Books - Core Reading
- Baer R.E., (2005), Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches, First Edition: Clinician’s Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (Practical Resources for the Mental health Professional), Academic Press
- Crane R. S., (2008), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Routledge
- Jon Kabat-Zinn (2001), Mindfulness meditation for everyday life, Piatkus
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Children & Young People
- Birnbaum L. (2005), 'Adolescent Aggression and Differentiation of Self: Guided Mindfulness Meditation in the Service of Individuation', in The Scientific World Journal (electronic resource), Vol. 5, June 23, pp478-489
- Bootzin R. R. & Stevens S. J. (2005), 'Adolescents, Substance Abuse, and the Treatment of Insomnia and Daytime Sleepiness', in Clinical Psychology Review, 25 (5), pp629-644
- Greco L. A., Blackledge J. T., Coyne L.W., & Ehrenreich J. (2005), 'Integrating Acceptance and Mindfulness into Treatments for Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as an Example', in Orsillo S.M. and Roemer L. (eds.) Acceptance and Mindfulness-based Approaches to Anxiety: Conceptualization and Treatment (series in anxiety and related disorders) New York, Springer Science + Business Media
- Napoli M. (2005), 'Mindfulness Training for Elementary School Students: The Attention Academy', Journal of Applied School Psychology, 21 (1), pp99-125
- Semple R. J., Reid E.F.G. & Miller L. (2005), 'Treating Anxiety With Mindfulness: An Open Trial of Mindfulness Training for Anxious Children', in Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 19 (4), pp379-392
- Semple R. J., Reid E.F.G. & Miller L. (2006), 'Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Children', Chapter 7 in Baer R. (ed.) Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional Series), New York, Elsevier Academic Press
- Singh N.N., Wechsler H. A., Curits W. J., Sabaawi M. et al. (2002), 'Effects of Role-play and Mindfulness Training on Enhancing the Family Friendliness of the Admissions Treatment Team Process', in Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10 (2), pp90-98
- Wagner E. E., Rathus J.H., & Miller A.L. (2006), 'Mindfulness in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Adolescents', Chapter 8 in Baer R. (ed.) Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional Series), New York, Elsevier Academic Press
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Meditation - Additional Resources
- Batchelor S. & M. (2001), Meditation for Life, Frances Lincoln, London
- Beck J. (1997), Everyday Zen: Love and Work, HarperCollins, San Francisco
- Boorstein S. (1995), It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness, HarperCollins, San Francisco
- Chodren P. (2000), When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Shambhala Publications
- Dalai Lama (2002), Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life, Rider & Co., London (Translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins)
- Goldstein J. & Kornfield J. (1987), Seeking the Heart of Wisdom, The Path of Insight Meditation, Shambhala Publications
- Goldstein J. (1979), The Experience of Insight, Unity
- Goldstein J. & Salzberg S. (2002), Insight Meditation Kit: A Step By Step Course on How to Meditate, Sounds True Audio, Louisville Co
- Goldstein J. (1994), Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, Shambhala Publications, Boston Massachusetts
- Goldstein J. (2002), One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Harper, San Francisco
- Goleman D. (Ed) (2003), Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions and Health, Shambhala Publications
- Hanh T. N. (1991), The Miracle of Mindfulness: Manual on Meditation, Rider & Co., London
- Hanh T.N. (1995), Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Rider & Co, London
- Harrington A. & Zajonc A. (Eds) (2006), The Dalai Lama at MIT, Harvard University Press
- Hayes S., Follette V., & Linehan M., (Eds) (2004), Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive Behavioural Tradition, Guilford Press
- Hayes S., & Strosahl K.D., (Eds) (2005), A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Guilford Press
- Henepola G. (1992), Mindfulness in Plain English, Wisdom Publications, Somerville Massachusetts
- Kornfield J. (1993), A Path With Heart, Rider & Co., London
- Kornfield J. (2000), After The Ecstasy, The Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path, Bantam Books, New York
- Levine S. (1987), Healing Into Life and Death, Doubleday/Anchor
- Linehan M.M. (1993), Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder, Guilford Press
- Livsey R.C., & Palmer P.J., (1999), The Courage to Teach: A Guide for Reflection and Renewal, Jossey-Bass
- McLeod K. (2001), Wake Up To Your Life, Harper, San Francisco
- Merriam S.B. (Ed) (1993), An Update on Adult Learning Theory, Jossey-Bass
- Pema Chodron (1991), The Wisdom of No Escape, Shambhala Publications, Boston Massachusetts
- Rabinowitz I. (Ed.) (1999), Mountains Are Mountains and Rivers Are Rivers - Applying Eastern Teachings to Everyday Life, Hyperion Books
- Rosenberg L. (2000), Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive, Shambhala Publications, Boston Massachusetts
- Rosenberg L. with Guy D. (1998), Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation, Shambhala Publications, Boston Massachusetts
- Salzberg S. (1997), A Heart As Wide As The World: Living with Mindfulness,Wisdom and Compassion Shambhala Publications
- Salzberg S. (1995), Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Shambhala Publications, Boston Massachusetts
- Senge P.M., Scharmer C.O., Jaworski J., and Flowers B.S., (2006), Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society, Currency, New York
- Shafir R. (2000), The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in an Age of Distraction, Quest Books, Wheaton Illinois
- Sheng-Yen C. (2001), Hoofprints of the Ox, Oxford University Press, New York
- Smith J. (Ed.) (1998), Breath Sweeps Mind: A First Guide to Meditation Practice, Riverhead Books, New York
- Sogyal Rinpoche (1998), The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Rider & Co, London
- Tolle E. (1999), The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Hodder & Stoughton, London
- Wallace B.A. (1993), Tibetan Buddhism From the Ground Up Wisdom, Somerville Massachusetts
- Weil A. and Kabat-Zinn J. (2001), Meditation for Optimum Health: How to Use Mindfulness and Breathing to Heal Your Body and Refresh Your Mind, (Audio book, 2 CD), Sounds True Incorporated
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Meditation & Psychology
- Brazier C. (2003), A Buddhist Psychology, Constable and Robinson, London
- Epstein M. (1995), Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy From a Buddhist Perspective, Basic Books, New York
- Epstein M. (1998), Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness, Harper Collins, San Francisco
- Epstein M. (2001), Going on Being: Buddhism and The Way of Change: A Positive Psychology for the West, Continuum International Publishing Group, New York
- Goleman D. (1995), Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books, New York
- Goleman D. (1998), Working With Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books, New York
- Goleman D. (2003), Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue With the Dalai Lama, Bantam Books, New York
- Varela R.J., Thompson E. & Rosch E. (1991), The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience, Cambridge, MIT Press
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Meditation & Psychology Books
- Bien T. (2006), Mindful Therapy, Wisdom Publications
- Chadwick P. (2006), Person Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis (includes chapter on the use of mindfulness), John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Germer C.K., Siegel R.D., & Fulton P.R., (2005), Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Guilford, New York
- Gilbert P. (2005), Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy, Brunner-Routledge
- Hayes S. (2005), Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life (a self-help manual of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), New Harbinger
- Kingerlee R. (2006), The Therapy Experience - How Human Kindness Heals, PCCS Books
- Orsillo S.M. & Roemer L. (Eds) (2005), Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Anxiety: Conceptualization and Treatment (series in Anxiety & Related Disorders), Springer
- Safran J.D. (Ed) (2003(, Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An unfolding dialogue, Wisdom Publications, Somerville, Massachusetts
- Segall S.R. (Ed) (2003), Encountering Buddhism, Western Psychology and Buddhist Teachings, State University of New York Press, Albany, New York
- Wellings N. & McCormick E.W. (2005), Nothing to Lose, Psychotherapy, Buddhism and Living Life, Continuum
- Welwood J. (2002), Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation, Shambhala Publications
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Meditation and Psychology Journal Articles
- Atwood J.D., & Maltin L. (1991), 'Putting Eastern Philosophies into Western Psychotherapies', in American Journal of Psychotherapy, XLV(3), pp368-382.
- Cohen A. (2000), 'Self-grasping, Or...Do You Really Have to be Somebody Before You Can Be Nobody? – an interview with Jack Engler', in What is Enlightenment?, Spring/Summer, pp95-171
- Deatherage G. (1975), 'The Clinical Use of ‘Mindfulness’ Meditation Techniques in Short-Term Psychotherapy', in Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 7(2), pp133-143
- Engler J. (1984), 'Therapeutic Aims in Psychotherapy and Mediation: Developmental Stages in the Representation of Self', in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 16(1), pp25-61
- Epstein M. (1988), 'The Deconstruction of the Self: Ego and “Egolessness” in Buddhist Insight Meditation, in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 20(1), pp61-69
- Goleman D. (1981), 'Buddhist and Western Psychology: Some Commonalities and Differences', in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 13(2), pp125-136
- Kelly G.F. (1996), 'Using Meditative Techniques in Psychotherapy', in Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 36(3), pp49-66
- Speeth K.R. (1982), 'On Psychotherapeutic Attention', in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 14(2), pp96-159
- Tart C.T. & Deikman A.J. (1991), 'Mindfulness, Spiritual Seeking and Psychotherapy', in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 23(1), pp29-52
- Welwood J. (1980), 'Reflections on Psychotherapy, Focusing, and Meditation', in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 12(2), pp127-141
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