BOOKS
Christine writes to help those who are suffering. To offer some resolution for those individuals who have survived unimaginable suffering and pain.
BY THE END OF THE BOOK…
…you will be able to distinguish between the very specific sensations and states of meditation, dissociation, mindfulness, and ordinary consciousness.
…you will be able to help your clients to not just have the capacity to understand themselves and have compassion for oneself, but also to be able to master the skill of self-regulation and emoting with intention and purpose.
The goal is to know both the felt scene of the intangible experience of mindfulness, and how to help those who are the most injured find relief for their suffering through more imaginative meditation techniques.
Christine Forner
Christine Forner’s book Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations: Trauma-Informed Practices to Facilitate Growth explores the potential of mindfulness and explains why this level of developmental human achievement is so precarious within traumatic stress, especially traumatic dissociation.
Chapters discuss the connection and disconnection between mindfulness and dissociative disorders and highlight the importance of gently creating a mindfulness practice for traumatized individuals.
Readers will learn how to exercise the part of the brain that is responsible for mindfulness and how to regulate the part that is responsible for dissociation, and they’ll come away from the book with tips that will help even the most dissociative client to reap the benefits of mindfulness practices.
Praise for Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations
Written by an experienced and gifted clinician who has dedicated her professional life to treating those with dissociative disorders, this ambitious volume skillfully clarifies the complex relationship between mindfulness and dissociation. Full of fascinating ancecdotes, illustrations, allegories, and therapeutic exercises. Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations brings together brain, body, and treatment in a way that is accessible and rewarding to the reader—a brilliant contribution to the field of traumatology and a must read for trauma therapists and their clients.
Pat Ogden, PhD, founder, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Christine Forner has crafted a book that is highly practical, theoretically grounded, and innovative despite its theoretical and technical sophistication. Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations integrates many aspects of mindfulness, neurobiology, dissociation theory, and meditation practices in simple language, using apt metaphors and illustrative examples. Clinicians, researchers, and educators will all find treasures in this book.
Martin J. Dorahay, PhD, professor of clinical psychology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
In this book, Forner depicts beautifully the importance of mindfulness in the recovery of the traumatized self and its relationship with others. This text will be an important resource for clinicians and trauma survivors alike.
Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD, Harris-Woodman Chair, professor of psychiatry, Western University of Canada