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Incorporating Contemplative Neuroscience and Mindfulness-Based Therapies Into Pastoral Care and Counseling: a Critical Correlational Method.
- Source :
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Pastoral Psychology . Dec2016, Vol. 65 Issue 6, p759-772. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper puts forward a methodology for engaging and incorporating the findings of contemplative neuroscience into pastoral care and counseling, guided by the theological foci of critical correlation and emancipatory praxis. A key finding is that the regular practice of mindfulness, whether in the context of daily meditation and/or contemplative prayer, can reduce activity in regions of the brain associated with fear and stress. The use of mindfulness has become a central feature of several of the third-wave cognitive therapies, including Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT), with the clinical approach to treatment guided by research on the neural bases of emotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PASTORAL counseling
*NEUROSCIENCES
*MINDFULNESS
*PASTORAL care
*EMOTIONS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00312789
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Pastoral Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118887932
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-016-0719-z