Mindfulness-Based Interventions

When was the last time you were just here to be? Take a deep breath and be.

Are you looking for a modern way to approach mental health for you, your child, or someone you love? Are you curious about what the future in treatment and counseling looks like? Are you in need of serious treatment? Are you looking to improve the quality of life by working with specialists in mental health?

What are Mindful-Based Interventions?

Mindfulness-based interventions in counseling and treatment may be an important part of your future. You are probably aware that mindfulness is a practice that is thousands of years old. Mindfulness-based interventions are becoming more of a contribution to modern medicine, treatment, and counseling.

Mindfulness-based interventions in therapy are evidence-based practices to improve your health. 

Mindfulness-based interventions have been found or used to treat:

• Sleep issues.
• Depression.
• Anxiety.
• Other psychological symptoms.
• Anhedonia.
• Problems with empathy.
• Emotional dysregulation.
• Impulsivity issues.
• The effects of brain-injury.
• Hyperactivity.
• Dysregulation.

Mindfulness-based interventions can be included in treatments that attend to the principles of:

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
• Cognitive Therapy.
• Narrative Therapy.
• Gestalt Therapy.
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

How do Mindful-Based Interventions work?

Mindfulness-based interventions are different from many other counseling approaches though these interventions can be the main components of group therapy or 1:1 talk therapy.

Mindfulness-based interventions may be superior to many other treatments. These interventions can include exercises, therapy, treatment, and training.

At Thoughtwise mindfulness-based interventions can be applied to:

• Better insight into one’s behaviors.
• Lessen impulsiveness.
• Strengthen skill sets such as coping skills and behavioral etiquette.
• Grow a better understanding of one’s thinking and behavior.
• Increase problem-solving skills.
• Reduce stress.
• Establish better routines.
• Increase thoughtfulness and awareness about symptoms or difficulties.
• Accept thoughts or ideas that have been causing you harm or difficulty.

These types of interventions can be implemented with children as young as 6 years old and can be a way for adults or children to increase measures of personal health, become more insightful, and even can be used to make it through tough periods of your life. Some mindfulness-based interventions help you adopt therapeutic techniques at-home, to allow you more opportunities to relax and reflect.

Life happens every moment, and by increasing the time that you allow yourself to think about the mistakes that you have made, and the lessons that you have learned, you increase connections in your brain and your thinking. Mindfulness promotes for you and your body to restore. These interventions help you construct a more healthy and informed way of being.

While these practices have been adored and adopted by people for thousands of years, these practices are increasingly supported by evidence and proof of effectiveness for mental health issues.

Please contact us at Thoughtwise to begin a treatment or intervention plan that uses a mindfulness-based intervention to increase your wellness, happiness, and life satisfaction.