Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Addiction, Stress, and Pain

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Human existence can be beset by a variety of negative mental states such that life seems devoid of meaning, but it can also be liberated -- a meaningful life reclaimed and savored through cultivation of a higher kind of mind. This quality, mindfulness, refers to both a set of contemplative practices and certain distinct psychological states and traits, and it can be cultivated through intentional effort and training. In Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Addiction, Stress, and Pain, Eric L. Garland presents an innovative program of intervention that can be put into practice by therapists working with people struggling with addiction and the conditions that underlie it. Unlike oth…