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TM99

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10. Your point?

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 06:51 AM

Dec 2014

The first step in mindfulness practice is simply 'awareness of'. That can be of thoughts, actions, feelings, etc. Then, yes, as the mind begins to form a response to that object of awareness, yes, the individual is taught to take a non-judgmental stance. From that position, the natural & organic next step is the freedom to choose right action, right thought, right whatever.

So for you to claim that mindfulness based therapies is judgmental then you simply just don't understand nor have any experience with these practices.

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Lipstick on a pig? Mindfulness "just as effective" as CBT t.a.u. [View all] HereSince1628 Nov 2014 OP

I'd be curious how they attempted to "standardize" Mindfullness treatment... n/t hlthe2b Nov 2014 #1

I'm just as curious about the scoring of the self-reported relief of symptoms... HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #3

Clinicians rarely use Mindfulness techniques in isolation TM99 Nov 2014 #2

Frankly, I think being taught by Buddhist teachers isn't essential to therapy. HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #4

I am in disagreement with much of what you have wrote. TM99 Dec 2014 #5

Laugh. You reveal yourself. HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #6

Maybe you can have a laugh at this. If you're the alerter, that is. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2014 #7

Wow! TM99 Dec 2014 #11

Since the alerter didn't add any comments, I have to wonder if it was Sheldon Cooper Dec 2014 #12

Go ahead and do any search engine on "non-judgemental mindfulness" HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #8

Your point? TM99 Dec 2014 #10

Well, this is a cryptic reply. TM99 Dec 2014 #9

where were the controls? mopinko Mar 2015 #13

dissociative drug effects or Hallucinogens mocamine Sep 2016 #14

CBT = Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #15