Mindfulness and Meditation for Adolescents: Practices and Programs

by Betsy Wisner

Book Overview

This book describes mindfulness and meditation practices and programs for adolescents by situating the topic in a bio-psychosocial-cultural approach. Using this framework, the benefits of these practices and programs for adolescents-- with an emphasis on evidence-based practices--are explored. In addition to programs based on mindfulness, meditation programs using Transcendental Meditation, Herbert Benson's Relaxation Response, and the Center for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349952060
• ISBN13: 9781349952069
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"