Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Approaches to the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Batten, Sonja V.; Orsillo, Susan M.; Walser, Robyn D.

doi:10.1007/0-387-25989-9_10

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“…Through the cultivation of an attitude of nonjudgment and acceptance of experiences, mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions may help traumatized clients remain in contact with distressing experiences, decreasing avoidance of these experiences, and allowing them to learn to relate to these experiences in a more productive way (Batten et al, 2006;Follette et al, 2006). As individuals begin to find unpleasant stimuli less personally threatening, thought suppression and emotional avoidance would be decreased, and psychological flexibility would be increased (Follette et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 97%

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Mindfulness and experiential avoidance as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder avoidance symptom severity

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2010

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…Although researchers have begun to explore the use of mindfulness in the treatment of trauma survivors (Batten, Orsillo, & Walser, 2006;Follette, Palm, & Rasmussen Hall, 2004), there has been little research exploring the relationship between mindfulness and PTSD; thus, the relationship between mindfulness and PTSD symptoms remains unclear.…”

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confidence: 98%

Mindfulness and experiential avoidance as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder avoidance symptom severity

Thompson

Waltz

2010

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

207

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“…As researchers begin to incorporate mindfulness-based practices in the treatment of PTSD (e.g., Batten, Orsillo, & Walser, 2006;Follette, Palm, & Pearson, 2006), self-compassion may be worth integrating into trauma treatment, particularly in addressing self-criticism and rumination.…”

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Self‐compassion and PTSD symptom severity

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2008

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Neff's (2003a, 2003b) notion of self-compassion emphasizes kindness towards one's self, a feeling of connectedness with others, and mindful awareness of distressing experiences. Because exposure to trauma and subsequent posttraumatic stress symptoms (PSS) may be associated with self-criticism and avoidance of internal experiences, the authors examined the relationship between self-compassion and PSS. Out of a sample of 210 university students, 100 endorsed experiencing a Criterion A trauma. Avoidance symptoms significantly correlated with self-compassion, but reexperiencing and hyperarousal did not. Individuals high in self-compassion may engage in less avoidance strategies following trauma exposure, allowing for a natural exposure process.

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“…Furthermore, in more recent years, theoretical work and promising treatment models have emerged implicating mindfulness (and acceptance) in trauma-related psychopathology, most notably PTSD and its treatment (Batten et al, 2005;Follette et al, 2006;Walser & Westrup, 2007). This work is rooted in the premise that mindfulness may promote resilience to and recovery from traumatic stress exposure by several possible mechanisms.…”

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“…One such theoretically and clinically promising variable is mindfulness (e.g., Batten, Orsillo, & Walser, 2005). There are various related conceptual or theoretical perspectives on mindfulness and related operational definitions and measures (Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, 2006;Bishop et al, 2004;Brown & Ryan, 2003;Demick, 2000;Roemer & Orsillo, 2002;Zvolensky, Feldner, Leen-Feldner, & Yartz, 2005).…”

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Concurrent Relations Between Mindful Attention and Awareness and Psychopathology Among Trauma-Exposed Adults

2011

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This study evaluated the concurrent associations between mindful attention and awareness and psychopathology symptoms among adults exposed to trauma. Participants included 76 adults (35 women; M age 5 30.0 years, SD 5 12.5) who reported experiencing one or more traumatic events. As hypothesized, levels of mindful attention and awareness were significantly negatively associated with levels of posttraumatic stress symptom severity, psychiatric multimorbidity, anxious arousal, and anhedonic depression symptoms, beyond the large, positive effect of number of traumatic event types. In addition, statistical evaluation of the phenomenological pattern of these associations showed that high levels of mindfulness exclusively cooccurred with low levels of psychopathology symptoms or high rates of mental health; whereas low levels of mindfulness did not similarly exclusively co-occur with either low or high levels of psychopathology symptoms but rather co-occurred with a broad range of symptom levels. Findings are conceptualized in terms of transdiagnostic resilience and discussed in regard to extant empirical and theoretical work.

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Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Approaches to the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Cited by 38 publications

References 80 publications

Mindfulness and experiential avoidance as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder avoidance symptom severity

Mindfulness and experiential avoidance as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder avoidance symptom severity

Self‐compassion and PTSD symptom severity

Concurrent Relations Between Mindful Attention and Awareness and Psychopathology Among Trauma-Exposed Adults

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