Mindfulness and Acceptance for Gender and Sexual Minorities, livre ebook

“This empowering volume shows how to bring powerful, evidence-based methods to gender and sexual minorities (GSM): do it through the application of GSM-affirmative, scientific principles linked to evidence-based procedures. Acceptance, mindfulness, compassion, and values-based action open the door to a new and more progressive conversation with the entire field about how to best meet the wide-ranging needs of GSM populations. Comprehensive, powerful, and clearly stated, this wonderful book helps show us all a new way forward.” — Steven C. Hayes, PhD , Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada, and codeveloper of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) “ Mindfulness and Acceptance for Gender and Sexual Minorities is an important addition to the literature on mental health of GSM. Since the 2000’s, we have seen growth in sophisticated epidemiological research leading to better understanding of patterns and causes of mental health of GSM. But guidance on treatment has lagged. We have learned a lot about minority stress but less about how to help people who experience it. This clinician’s guide comes to fill this gap in our knowledge, updating the literature on treatment of GSM. The writers, experienced therapists and researchers, apply research on mindfulness- and acceptance-based therapies to treating minority stressors related to stigma and prejudice experienced by GSM.