Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy Approaches for First Responders: From Research to Clinical Practice.

This article summarizes mindfulness-based benefits and empirical research related to first responders, using law enforcement officers as one specific example. Two specific mindfulness-based psychotherapies are introduced, as are generalizable mindfulness techniques useful for first responders. Psychotherapists can use these empirically supported treatment approaches to help first responders understand and incorporate awareness-based, nonjudgmental, and present-centered mindfulness techniques during critical incidents and while off duty as resilience-building mechanisms. PMID: 30049220 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Am J Psychother Source Type: research