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David A. Treleaven & Willoughby Britton

Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing

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"Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness" by David Treleaven explores how mindfulness meditation, when practiced without awareness of trauma, can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. Treleaven offers insights and practical modifications for mindfulness teachers and trauma professionals to ensure a safe and effective practice for survivors, highlighting the importance of attention, arousal, relationship, dissociation, and social context within trauma-informed mindfulness. This approach fosters social and emotional learning by promoting safety, stability, and empowerment for trauma survivors within mindfulness practice.

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David A. Treleaven & Willoughby Britton

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"Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness" by David Treleaven explores how mindfulness meditation, when practiced without awareness of trauma, can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. Treleaven offers insights and practical modifications for mindfulness teachers and trauma professionals to ensure a safe and effective practice for survivors, highlighting the importance of attention, arousal, relationship, dissociation, and social context within trauma-informed mindfulness. This approach fosters social and emotional learning by promoting safety, stability, and empowerment for trauma survivors within mindfulness practice.

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