Expectations are a central maintaining mechanism in mental disorders and most
psychological treatments aim to directly or indirectly modify clinically relevant expectations …

The working relationship between patient and therapist is a core aspect of psychotherapy. In
this chapter, the authors consider how the therapeutic relationship may be explained by the …

Conceptualized as a receptive awareness of and attention to present-moment events and
experiences, mindfulness is regarded by self-determination theory as a critical psychological …

Much of high-level cognition appears inaccessible to consciousness. Countless studies
have revealed mental processes--like those underlying our choices, beliefs, judgments …

Philosophers and scientists have been puzzling over the potential antecedents and
consequences of self-awareness or its relative absence since time immemorial. One major …

Objective Self-compassion as an outcome and potential mediator in mindfulness-based
interventions has gained increased attention in the last years. However, most mediation …

Objectives Recent preliminary evidence suggests that mindfulness-based programmes may
be beneficial in the treatment of patients suffering from current depression. Due to the …

Since the initial conceptualization of defense mechanisms by Freud (1923), it is assumed
that defense mechanisms are mental operations that serve to keep unpleasant affects out of …

Mindfulness-Based Teaching and Learning is the first comprehensive survey text exploring
the history, research, theory, and best practices of secular-scientific mindfulness. With a …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund: Ziel der Studie war es, den Einfluss einer
achtsamkeitsbasierten Depressionsbehandlung in einer Tagesklinik auf arbeitsbezogene …