The Mindfulness Toolbox: 50 Practical Tips, Tools & Handouts for Anxiety, Depression, Stress & Pain

by Donald Altman

At last, an authoritative book filled with mindfulness tools that deliver an essential set of engaging, practical strategies along with key research and evidence-based information. The awareness boosting methods in this guidebook offer participants a means of reappraising and observing negative and anxious thoughts, habits, pain, and stress in fresh ways that produce new insight, positive change, and a sense of hope. Featuring over 40 easy to use, reproducible handouts and expertly crafted, guided scripts -- such as working with the breath, overcoming depression with here and now pleasantness, calming the anxious mind with sense grounding, expanding a client's strength narrative, the stress pause S-T-O-P technique, and meditations for peace, acceptance, and re-envisioning pain -- this book is ideal for clinicians wanting to integrate mindfulness into their work.

Genres: Psychology, Self Help, Mental Health, Social Work, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2014

About the author

Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, former Buddhist monk, international mindfulness expert, and award-winning author of over 15 books on spirituality and mindfulness translated worldwide.

Donald currently writes the Practical Mindfulness Blog for Psychology Today.

His book The Mindfulness Toolbox was Gold Award winner of two national book publishing IBPA awards in the Body-Mind-Spirit and Psychology categories. Two other books, Clearing Emotional Clutter and The Mindfulness Code were chosen by Spirituality and Practice as "On of the Best Spiritual Books" of 2016 and 2010, respectively.

Profiled in the Living Spiritual Teachers Project and featured as an expert in The Mindfulness Movie, Donald has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University's Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate Program, as well as the Lewis and Clark College Graduate School of Education and Counseling.

Donald's new novel "Travelers" is a gripping mystical journey of spiritual awakening and initiation that takes place in a psychiatric hospital. Inspired by Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Travelers is a story of overcoming loss to find hope, healing and renewal.

He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for therapists to give handouts to their clients. This book I use to help clients with mindfulness. I am a trauma therapist and mindfulness is one of the tools I use to help others to be in the moment and relieve some of their anxiety and stress. This is a wonderful tool for every day life and living in the moment, to be free and anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Many of my clients have been relieved from their symptoms from doing the work in this book and practicing on a daily basis.

[Alicia Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I purchased this book when I was a rehab provider for those struggling with mental health. I found this book to be incredibly helpful for my clients. The breakdown of sections based on the mental health diagnosis was helpful and the sections were appropriate for the chapter. However with all of this said my most favored tool was the GLAD. I had so many clients that loved practicing this skill and stated it helped them see things differently. I highly recommend this book.

[Viann ✨️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Las tecnicas me parecieron repetitivas, solo usaría algunas

[Meduss142 · Rating 3 out of 5]

¡Hola hola!💝

El autocuidado y el amor propio son herramientas importantes que nos permiten ayudarnos a nosotros mismos. Esto mismo es el mindfulness, una técnica de meditación que busca entrenar nuestra mente para centrar nuestra atención y redireccionar los pensamientos que los problemas nos pueden acarrear.

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50 técnicas de mindfulness para la ansiedad, la depresión, el estrés y el dolor, del psicoterapeuta Donald Altman, es un libro indicado para los profesionales que tratan a pacientes acuciados de estos males con esta técnica beneficiosa y científicamente comprobados sus beneficios.

A través de diferentes propuestas, el autor nos intenta acercar cara lo que es un tratamiento que busca ayudar a los pacientes a través de este método natural y gratuito que bien empleado puede ayudarnos con esos baches del camino.
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El libro no lo recomiendo como uno de autoayuda, es didáctico, más bien indicado para profesionales del ámbito de la salud que buscan algo nuevo y que apoye sus sesiones y terapias (aunque sus propuestas son interesantes lo seas o no). He tomado nota de muchas de ellas que desconocía pero no es un libro con un lenguaje ni estructura para una lectura “sencilla”, sino que es para leer con detenimiento y estudio.

[Erika Maas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Desde hace un tiempo tuve la oportunidad de escuchar de mindfulness por un curso, decidí leer un poco sobre el tema y di con este libro que brinda herramientas que ayudan a cultivar la autobservación, la atención plena y sobre todo en temas en específico como técnicas para la ansiedad, depresión, estrés y el dolor.
Me parece un libro completo y las dinámicas sencillas que pueden ser reproducidas sin complicaciones

[Jonathan Crary · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent resource for anyone who suffers from anxiety and depression and who has suffered from events that have caused lots of pain. The exercises are thought-provoking, practical, and easy to understand.

[Aleš Bednařík · Rating 5 out of 5]

Donald Altman je psychoterapeut a bývalý budhistický mních. Dnes je profesorom na Interpersonal Neurobiology program at Portland State University. Jeho kniha The Mindfulness Toolbox získala dve zlaté ocenenia Benjamina Franklina za najlepšiu knihu v kategóriách mind-body-spirit a psychology v roku 2015. Iná kniha The Mindfulness Code bola vo výbere “one of the best spiritual books of 2010.
Toto je vynikajúca kniha. Pochopil som v nej viacero vecí o Mindfulness, Všímavosti.
A zasa posilnila moje presvedčenie o tom, že robiť Všímavosť je na jednej strane ťažké (a to vtedy, keď strácate nad sebou kontrolu) na druhej strane sa to dá trénovať skoro hocikedy (a to vtedy, keď ste v pohode aj v nepohode, ale ešte nestrácate nad sebou kontrolu).
V tejto knihe je výborné aj to, že jednotlivé cvičenia sú priradené aj ku Gardnerovej typológii viacnásobnej inteligencie.
Práve toto prepojenie vo mne spustilo obrovské prekvapenie súvisiace s tým, ako je skoro všade v psychológii, náboženstvách, new age, NLP a iných smeroch, ktoré pracujú s rôznymi cvičeniami, rozpojené cvičenie a jeho techniky od vysvetlenia prečo sa čo robí a na čo to slúži.
Myslím, že to je aj preto, lebo cvičiaci a ich učitelia to často ani nevedia, alebo veria new-age kecom o vesmírnych energiách a podobne.
Príklad: vizualizácia svetla pri nádychu a tmy pri výdychu nie je nič magické. Nevdychujeme tým nejaké zázračné svetlo, ani nevydychujeme temné jedy. Dokonca to ani nie je metafora čohokoľvek. Pri cvičení Všímavosti na vedomom dýchaní, si predstavovanie prúdenia svetla a tmy pomáha udržiavať sústredenie sa na danú činnosť!
Kinestetickým typom pomáha vnímanie pohybu brucha, a pohyb vzduchu pod nosom, a vizuálnym typom pomáha vidieť dych! Aké prosté a aké psychologicky účinné!
A aké hlúpe je z toho robiť niečo spirituálne, keď to má len slúžiť na zvýšenie sústredenia!

Z tejto knihy sa ešte o pár veci podelím. Nachystám cvičenia aj podnety na prácu na seba aj s klientmi.

[matty creen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beneficial

As a therapist this is a great book to use with clients (and excellent to also use on yourself). Definitely recommended.

[Diana Lampe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book that teaches mindfulness practices. A good resource to use with clients or to decide to use yourself :)

[Jipo de Luna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Espero que mi psiquiatra esté orgullosa de que leí este libro.

[Stuti · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the title suggests, the book is practical, so you might need additional readings if you also hope to better understand the theory and research supporting the tips and tools. I would recommend it even if you aren't a therapist; the tools are useful, and handouts are easy to follow.

[Jimmi Ames · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ejercicios muy especificados y detallados sobre la práctica de atención plena

[Ashley RiggzSnadez · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are many great therapeutic ways that one can try to reduce stress. This book contains so many activities that can be for everyone and anyone that needs to reduce their anxiety, stress, or pain. I highly suggest this book if you need help coping with these challenges that every single one of us faces.

[Kate Wester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Resource.

This book is full of good mindfulness exercises for lots of different situations. It's very clear. My only wish is that I had not ordered the Kindle version. If you plan to use this for clients you may want to get a physical copy, so that you can make copies of the handouts of the instructions. I will probably order a physical copy as well.

[Noelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I see myself using this frequently with clients. As a psychotherapist I talk about mindfulness multiple times a day. I bought the electronic version and then purchased the book. The book itself is way more helpful on a day-to-day basis.

[Lisa Butterworth · Rating 3 out of 5]

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