This information handout describes the key principles of mindfulness.
Offers theory, guidance, and prompts for mental health professionals. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.
Includes client-friendly guidance. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.
An editable Microsoft PowerPoint version of the resource.
Mindfulness meditation is a traditional Buddhist practice. It is now commonly taught as a practice helpful in the management of a variety of mental health conditions. This information handout describes the key principles of mindfulness.
Mindfulness encourages present-moment focus. This shift is especially beneficial in therapeutic contexts, providing a practical tool for enhancing patient self-awareness and emotional regulation.
Helps clients observe anxious thoughts without getting caught up in them, reducing worry.
Supports prevention of relapse through improved emotional regulation and reduced rumination.
Encourages acceptance of pain sensations, reducing distress and pain-related avoidance.
Start a conversation about the potential benefits of mindfulness.
Use the information handout to explore what mindfulness is.
Help clients reflect on how mindfulness might be helpful to them.
Demonstrate mindfulness techniques during sessions.
Encourage regular mindfulness exercises to strengthen present-moment focus.
What Is Mindfulness? is an information sheet describing the key principles of the practice of mindfulness meditation practice ('mindfulness'). Mindfulness meditation is a practice that psychologists have borrowed from the Buddhist tradition. Mindfulness exercises can help people to experience themselves differently, and to experience a different relationship to their thoughts. Mindfulness is an important component of therapeutic models such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Mindfulness has been demonstrated to help a wide variety of conditions including feeling-states such as anxiety and depression, and physical conditions such as chronic pain or illness.
This information sheet contains a simple introduction to mindfuless further illustrated by a number of helpful quotations.
