Implementation and Acceptability of Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy in Women's Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Abstract

It was feasible to implement MABT and to recruit and retain women to MABT in women's chemical-dependency treatment. MABT acceptability and perceived benefit was high.

Mindful awareness in body-oriented therapy as an adjunct to women's substance use disorder treatment: A pilot feasibility study

“…The primary reason for requested withdrawal appeared to be related to relapse and wanting no further contact with any treatment-related services; all three were clinically documented as having relapsed and discontinued participation in the Outpatient Program. There were no reports of adverse events among study participants (Price, et al, In Press). …”

“…Once enrolled, a random number generator in Microsoft Excel was used to distribute participants in a 2:1 ratio to MABT or TAU groups. This ratio was used to ensure adequate numbers in the MABT group to examine study aims specific to MABT implementation feasibility and acceptability (Price, Wells, Donovan, & Brooks, In Press). Participants assigned to MABT were given the name and contact information of their MABT therapist, and the initial MABT session was scheduled.…”

“…The LMTs received training in the MABT protocol and ongoing supervision from the principal investigator (PI) (first author). Therapist protocol fidelity for this project was examined and found to be high (Price, et al, In Press). …”

“…With the exception of a demographic and health history form administered at baseline, the Satisfaction Survey and written questionnaire to gather participant perception of the MABT experience administered at post-test (Price, et al, In Press) the same battery of measures was administered at baseline, post-intervention, and 6 and 9 month follow-up (from baseline). Outpatient treatment program attendance and retention information was collected from the facility’s administrative records after participant study completion.…”

Interoception, Contemplative Practice, and Health

“…Indeed, high levels of sensory granularity may be critical in challenging interpretive biases during the translation of concrete, granular levels of the simulation map into more gross or abstract levels of representation. Through attention to unelaborated emotional or physical sensation, a person may discover significant levels of tension and/or psychological distress associated with the body that were not previously in awareness, revealing a need for greater self-care (Price, 2005;Price et al, 2012aPrice et al, , 2013. Conversely, interoceptive attention may reveal that an allostatic habit such as self-medication is not always necessary in the face of noxious interoceptive sensation (Kabat-Zinn et al, 1985).…”