Eastern Influences on Neuropsychotherapy: Accepting, Soothing, and Stilling Cluttered and Critical Minds

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Giles Yeates, Gavin Farrell
Routledge, 2018 - Medical - 250 pages
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION 2014 Special Issue -- CHAPTER ONE An exploration of acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pain in multiple sclerosis -- CHAPTER TWO Acceptance and commitment therapy for the management of chronic neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: a case study -- CHAPTER THREE An acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for a woman with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and a history of childhood trauma -- CHAPTER FOUR Soothing the injured brain with a compassionate mind: building the case for compassion focused therapy following acquired brain injury -- CHAPTER FIVE Facing degeneration with compassion on your side: using compassion focused therapy with people with a diagnosis of a dementia -- CHAPTER SIX The use of yoga to enhance a compassion focused therapy intervention in a holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation setting for ABI: a qualitative case illustration -- CHAPTER SEVEN Body in mind training: mindful movement for the clinical setting -- CHAPTER EIGHT Flow state experiences as a biopsychosocial guide for tai ji intervention and research in neuro-rehabilitation -- CHAPTER NINE Mindfulness MBSR/MBCT in a UK public health neurological service: depression, anxiety, and perceived stress outcomes in a heterogeneous clinical sample of ninety-eight patients with neurological or functional neurological disorders -- INDEX

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About the author (2018)

Giles Yeates is principal clinical neuropsychologist and also a couples psychotherapist at the Community Head Injury Service, Aylesbury. His clinical work involves psychological therapy and cognitive rehabilitation with survivors of brain injury in individual and group formats. In addition he works within the family service to provide couples and family sessions, including work with child relatives. Dr. Yeates is also an active researcher and author within the areas of social neuroscience, interpersonal relationships, neuropsychoanalysis, social context, psychological therapies and qualitative research following brain injury. Gavin Farrell is the co-editor of the journal Neuro-Disability & Psychotherapy. He works as a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist in the NHS, in a community neuro-rehabilitation service. He completed Core Training in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) in 2011. His specialist area of interest is in working with medically unexplained neurological symptoms such as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.