Bartley, Trish, <br/><br/>
Mindfulness :  a kindly approach to being with cancer / 
Trish Bartley. 
 - xii, 282 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-268) and index. 
<br/><br/> "Mindfulness: A Kindly Approach to Being with Cancer" offers people with cancer a means to bring mindfulness and kindliness into their lives, to help them cope with the challenge of a life-threatening illness. <br/>- Adapts Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an approach with a strong evidence base for people with recurrent depression, for the needs and challenges of people with cancer<br/>- Presents the standard 8-week course of MBCT for cancer in a flexible format that is designed to suit each readers own particular timescale, context and situation <br/>- Based on more than 15 years of program development and clinical application by the author, and the work and experience of mindfulness teachers in other cancer centres around the world. <br/>- Provides specific practices and approaches tailored to support the different phases of a cancer experience from diagnosis and treatment to living with uncertainty and managing life with cancer <br/>- Features five extended stories from people personally affected by cancer who have used mindfulness-based practices to support them in their own experience of illness, life and treatment.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118926277 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016039075 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cancer--Psychological aspects<br/>Cognitive therapy