Mindful Therapy is a welcome addition to the literature for psychotherapists, occupational therapists, therapists-in-training, and other types of teachers. A highly readable balance of theoretical groundwork, personal experience, case studies, and practice exercises, the book offers ways to bring the teachings of Buddhism into a psychotherapeutic practice, and provides a thorough explanation of the benefits of doing so. Grounded in his understanding of Buddhist teachings, Tom Bien's suggestions are particularly valuable to beginning therapists orthose still in training, offering ways that therapists can care for themselves amid the challenges of their practice.

"Mindful Therapy focuses less on what we do than on how we do it, inviting us to engage our lives and our work with ompassion, openness, and genuine presence. Simple yet very powerful, this book is an excellent supplement for therapists of diverse theoretical orientations. There are valuable reminders here for all of us." -- Lizabeth Roemer, PhD, co-editor of Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Anxiety

"This book will be valuable not just to psychotherapists but to anyone searching for peace and understanding." -- Michael J. Dougher, PhD, co-editor of Acceptance and Change

"This clear and engaging book makes Buddha's teachings, and the practices of mindfulness and compassion, directly applicable to pscyhotherapy." -- Dr. Jeff Brantly. author of Calming Your Anxious Mind

"An elegant guide for both novice and veteran therapists." -- Mark Brady, PhD, editor of The Wisdom of Listening

"I highly recommend this book." -- G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Director of Duke University's Addictive Behaviour Research Centre, author of Relapse Prevention

"This book is particularly for and about therapists, pastors, and councellors -- those who seek to alleviate mental and emotional suffering. Replete with stories and metaphors, it is less about how to do therapy than about the process of being a healer. Mindful Therapy is complementary, not contradictory, to scientific pyschology, manifesting passion, love, and wisdom as an antidote to th emindless application of therapy techniques. Furthermore, though writing in the language of psychotherapy, Dr. Bien has a pastor's heart. The essence of this book is not in reading, but in doing and being what it contains." -- William R. Miller, PhD, co-author of Motivational Interviewing

Thomas Bien is also the author (with Beverly Bien) of Mindful Recovery and Finding the Center Within. He lives in New Mexico.