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MINDFULNESS & Addiction Treatment TIMOTHY B. WALSH, M.A., L.P.; DPA

SAUL SELBY, MA, LADC

SENSORY OVERLOAD INVENTORY: list the sensory inputs you experience everyday Tv Computer Ipad Cell phone Navigational/GPS Radio Head phones Bill Boards This presentation

Anxiety: a future obsessed doing state of mind

Depression: a future-negation of being state; past

obsessed focused

Disconnectedness/Depersonalization/Alienation/Dis

sociation……I am not here, I am not present, I am not

me, this is not happening, what I am doing is “not me”

Com/part/mentalization

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Recurrence/”Looping”

aka Rehashing/Rehearsing

When we experience trauma,

overwhelming emotion, or even every day

cognitive dissonance or identity

incongruence, our brain is designed to

focus in on the discrepancy, analyse and

reanalyse to try and resolve it. It loops

round and round “re-presenting” the

images, emotions, thoughts that occurred

as a result of the event and rehearses—

over and over and over again—trying to

find a way to reduce the dissonance or

incongruence. In this way, we cause our

own suffering.

IT IS NOT DOING; IT IS BEING

BEING-MODE DOING-MODE

Busyness vs. Mindfulness by Fr. Earnest E. Larkin Excessive "busyness" is lack of mindfulness. Busyness is a cultural demon of our time, an escape or excuse from the hard work of concentration and the duty one is trying to avoid. Busyness is a wolf in sheep's clothing, because it looks like virtue but actually is a whole array of self-interest clustered around pride or self-indulgence. It is an ego trip and the enemy of charity. Look more closely at its manifestations and you will find a driven and compulsive spirit that hurts one's health, peace of mind, and awareness of others. Over-busy persons are trying to prove themselves by the sheer quantity of their output. The more they do, the more they feed their self-satisfaction, basking in the imagined plaudits of the multitude. There is little charity in this addiction, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding. The motivation in busyness is ego-enhancement, the desire to impress, even to show up the neighbor. Busyness is ersatz zeal.

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What is Mindfulness?

A “here and now” present state of mind Experiencing being, rather than doing Being present, in the moment, in my body, with all my senses Having a non-judgmental, accepting awareness-- maintaining openness to experience Being able to transcend my thinking and emotional states through an “observing self” (i.e. “meta cognition” or transcendence)

Sound Familiar?

• Related to Full Body Relaxation, breathing

awareness, stress reduction

• Meditation

• Centering Prayer; imaginal prayer

• Ecstatic experiences

• Imaginal Prayer

• Stillness

• Recollection; Remembering

• Contemplation; Contemplative Prayer

• Solitude

• Etc.,

Why practice Mindfulness?

To cope better with negative emotions; to tolerate

what feel like intolerable feelings

To practice thinking that is more realistic, more

helpful, and better for me (and to interrupt

automatic thought patterns)

To simply be (rather than automatic behavior

patterns; de-automatization); increased

attentional capacity

To master skills of being calm, relaxed, and

mindful; self-soothing (moderate stress=learning)

To express love, kindness and gentleness to my

self

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Mind Status Exam

WHAT WE THINK

THE GRAND ILLUSION

I am a distinct individual

I am separate from other people

I am separate being from God/Higher Power

The world is simply my environment

THE GRAND ILLUSION

I exist at a point of time and space

I am physical matter and form

I have an “outer” life (behavior, persona, experience)

I have an “inner” life (cognitive, emotional)

I am (at least) three parts: body, soul, spirit

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ONTOLOGY: TO BE

WHAT WE ARE

“Nous”

Between stimulus and response there is a

space. In that space is our power to

choose our response. In our response lies

our growth and our freedom.

Viktor E. Frankl

Dasein: the space

To be is to be there, to

be present, to be a

being

ONTOLOGY: Nous

noús (a masculine noun) – the native

capacity of each person to think (reason);

the mind; mental capacity to exercise

reflective thinking.

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THE “TO BE” MODE

I am a connected to other human beings

I am in unity with all living things

I am spiritually and relationally one with

God/Higher Power (as I define)

The world is my ecology

THE “TO BE” MODE

Mind (soul-spirit) is not bound by space and

time

Mind is not brain

Being is “inner” and “outer” experience

My being is a whole

Hero Meditation

How did they practice….

Mindfulness?

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Hero Meditation

Truly seeing people

Being with them

Being for them

Hero Meditation

Compassionate Mind

Hero Meditation

Surrender

Acceptance

Humility

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The Breath of the Spirit

Breath in: Ruach Breath out: Nephesh Breath in: Life Breath out: Praise And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 It is God who breaths into me to make me a living soul, a living being

HOW DO BABIES

SELF-SOOTHE?

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FAVORITE PLACE

PEACEFUL PLACE

SAFE PLACE

ALL 5 of Your

Senses

Adapted from Holly Cook, LPC-MHSP

RIDING THE WAVE

CRAVINGS URGES TEMPTATIONS IMPULSES …

RIDING THE WAVE

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Kevin J. Drab M.A., M.Ed, LPc

BUBBLE UP

This is carbonated water.

A non-alcoholic drink

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Stuff happens

People are people

Thoughts are just thoughts

Feelings are merely

feelings

Images in my mind simply occur

HOLDING ON

(Attachment)

LETTING GO

(Aversion)

The Good Times

Pleasant Experiences

Control /Power

Unforgiveness

Grudges

Bitterness

Loss

Grief

Disappointment

The Bad Times

Unpleasant Experiences

Powerlessness/Vulnerability

Negative Thoughts

Negative Emotions

Negative Sensations

Negative Images

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMUpey1quQY (26 seconds to 2 minutes)

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LEAVES DOWN A STREAM (adapted from Williams and Kraft, 2012)

Imagine your favorite river or stream. Be mindful of your thoughts. As a thought occurs, imagine it as riding on a leaf on a stream. The leaf is up stream. Picture yourself quietly, contently, watching from the shore, sitting at your favorite place along the bank. Describe the leaf—its size, color, shape, what kind it is. Allow the leaf to float slowly down the stream. Let the thought float on the leaf and let the leaf float down the stream. The thought on the leaf flows freely. There is nothing to block the free flow of the thought on the leaf in the stream. The leaf and the thought flows down stream and out of sight and out of mind. Next thought…..

The Sky Metaphor: thoughts, moods, sensations are like passing weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sxHE1-Xvbw

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Hands up high Exaltation

Hands wide Awe

Hands open Receiving Position

Hands open at belly I am full

Head up Sunshine Listening

Head bowed

Prostrate Child’s pose

Kneeling

Meditation posture

Hands together the plea

Hands up/palms up Whoop Whoop Raise the Roof Thankfulness

Index Finger Up Endzone Glory/Honor

The Box

or

Container

Metaphor

I affirm it

as true

Let it be

So be it

Make it so

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ONE DAY AT A TIME….. ONE MOMENT AT A TIME…. THIS MOMENT, THIS TIME… ME, IN THIS MOMENT, WITH YOU

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MINDFULNESS:

Q&A