PSYCHOLOGY
To learn more about how a psychologist can help you please visit the American Psychological Association.
The following organizations provide information to help you find a qualified psychologist:
- The National Register of Health Service providers in Psychology
- The New York State Psychological Association
COMPASSION
Compassion cultivation is an empirically supported approach to enhanced emotional wellbeing. To learn more about work in this field please visit the websites of Chris Germer and Kristen Neff.
MIND-BODY APPROACHES
Mind-Body approaches in psychotherapy understand the unity of mind and body, and draw on the considerable healing power of the mind to achieve wellness. Techniques like meditation and guided visualization come to us from the ancient eastern wisdom traditions, and are scientifically validated and proven to be effective tools in stress reduction and improving your mood. To learn more about Mind-Body Medicine, please visit the Benson Henry Mind Body Institute.
MINDFULNESS
MINDFULNESS is the practice of paying close attention to what is happening to you in the moment. To be mindful, you must slow down, breathe deeply, and bring a gentle and friendly focus to everyday activities as well as your inner experience of them. Mindfulness provides a powerful and scientifically validated approach to stress reduction. To learn more about mindfulness based techniques and programs, please visit Jon Kabat Zinn's Stress Disorders Clinic at the University of Massachusetts.
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Positive Psychology draws on traditional cognitive behavioral psychotherapy as well as eastern spiritual philosophy to explore pathways to living a joyful life. To learn more about positive psychology, please visit:
HELPFUL BOOKS:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Art of Happiness. Riverhead Books, 1998
Irvin Yalom. Love’s Executioner. Harper Perennial, 1990.
Kelly McGonigal. The Upside of Stress. Avery, 2015.
Leah Weiss. How We Work. Harver Wave, 2018
Martin Seligman. Flourish. Atria, 2013.
Pema Chodron. The Places that Scare You. Shambala, 2002.
Thich Nhat Hanh. The Energy of Prayer. Parallax Press, 2006.