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The mindful brain : reflection and attunement in the cultivation of well-being / Daniel J. Siegel.

Siegel, Daniel J., 1957- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 039370470X (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780393704709 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xx, 387 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-378) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A mindful awareness -- Brain basics -- A week of silence -- Suffering and the streams of awareness -- Subjectivity and science -- Harnessing the hub : attention and the wheel of awareness -- Jettisoning judgments : dissolving top-down constraints -- Internal attunement : mirror neurons, resonance, and attention to intention -- Reflective coherence : neural integration and middle prefrontal function -- Flexibility of feeling : affective style and an approach mindset -- Reflective thinking : imagery and the cognitive style of mindful learning -- Educating the mind : the fourth "R" and the wisdom of reflection -- Reflection in clinical practice : being present and cultivating the hub -- Personal growth : memory, emotion, and identity -- The mindful brain in psychotherapy : looking through the lens of interpersonal neurobiology -- The mindful brain in psychotherapy : promoting neural integration.