FROM A PIONEER IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH COMES A GROUNDBREAKING BOOK ON THE HEALING POWER OF MINDSIGHT, THE CAPACITY FOR INSIGHT AND EMPATHY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES IN YOUR BRAIN AND IN YOUR LIFE. A Harvard-trained doctor and clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, Daniel Siegel coined the term mindsight to describe the innovative integration of brain science with the practice of psychotherapy. With a wealth of personal, hands-on experience and access to the latest research, Dr Siegel is ideally placed to introduce this powerful therapeutic tool to a wide audience. Using interactive examples and case histories from his clinical practice, he shows how mindsight can be applied to alleviate a range of psychological and interpersonal problems from anxiety disorders to ingrained patterns of behaviour. With warmth and humour, Dr Siegel shows us how to observe the working of our minds, allowing us to understand why we think, feel, and act the way we do, and how, by following the proper steps, we can literally change the wiring and architecture of our brains. Both practical and profound, Mindsight offers exciting new proof that we have the ability, at any stage in our lives, to harness the power of our minds to master our emotions, heal our relationships, transform our sense of well-being, and reach our fullest potential.
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An extraordinary guide into the human mind. A treasure of a book. --Paul Gilbert, author of The Compassionate Mind
An extraordinary book that can transform lives. A wonderful achievement. --Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Mindsight is a literary MRI: a mind-blowing book that will change the way you think about the way you think. --Adrianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post
An extraordinary book that can transform lives. A wonderful achievement. --Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Mindsight is a literary MRI: a mind-blowing book that will change the way you think about the way you think. --Adrianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post
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Daniel Siegel is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and co-director of its Mindful Awareness Center. He also founded and directs the Mindsight Institute, and runs popular seminars for neuroscience professionals.
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By Amazonian
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Daniel Siegel's Mindsight offers a rare combination of clinical case studies and easy to understand neuroscience that allows us to understand his success with the treatment of mental illness. Siegel is a top psychiatrist who has himself experienced the power of meditation and he is brave enough to challenge the status quo and provide powerful evidence that techniques derived from the ancient practice of meditation work at a very deep level on the human psyche. It is reassuring to hear from a Harvard trained professional that drugs are not the answer to some of the mental disorders now so common among us: depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and so on and so forth. The more medical and psychology professinals and therapists that read this book, the more chances we'll have of moving towards a more humane treatment of mental disorders.
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Life Changing, profound, intelligent and better than all the other psych books I have ever read.
27 Mar 2012
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I bought the book some time ago and it did require some degree of deep concentration as Dr. Siegel is very in-depth but that is also appreciated. I have read many books in my life in the areas of psych/self-help and the whole yadda but I will honestly say that after some 15 years of being on all kinds of anti-depressants, numerous suicide attempts and various other personal tragedies from PTSD to childhood abuse, Mindsight by Dr. Siegel is by far, the best book I have read that has given me so much hope that I can heal my mind and to change. In fact, this book beats any damn therapist I have sat with, listening to their psychobabble knowing exactly what they are getting at, and often wrong.
This book has given me so much hope that the clinicians I work with have ordered it for their medical library as a book to read.
I recommend an audiobook version to go with this title as some of the neurobiological terms might be hard for the layperson to grasp. I particularly enjoyed the level of detail because I did ace biology in school so I am not afraid of the technicalities. In fact, I think Dr. Siegel has done a tremendous job in simplifying the science and as Einstein has said - "Anyone can complicate a matter but it takes a genius to simply something complex" and Dr. Siegel has done just that.
Thanks for all your hardwork, Dr. Siegel. You have helped to transform otherwise downtrodden lives in much pain and after chancing upon your books, you have most certainly halved the therapeutic time needed for recovery with all your insight and genius.
*ps. The recording might seem some what hoarse as first but persevere as it gets better beyond the first few minutes and isn't the same the rest. Dr. Siegel narrates with sincerity and empathy. I have always preferred a writer to do the narration himself and readers/listeners are lucky that Dr. Siegel took the effort to do so.
Enjoy!
B.
This book has given me so much hope that the clinicians I work with have ordered it for their medical library as a book to read.
I recommend an audiobook version to go with this title as some of the neurobiological terms might be hard for the layperson to grasp. I particularly enjoyed the level of detail because I did ace biology in school so I am not afraid of the technicalities. In fact, I think Dr. Siegel has done a tremendous job in simplifying the science and as Einstein has said - "Anyone can complicate a matter but it takes a genius to simply something complex" and Dr. Siegel has done just that.
Thanks for all your hardwork, Dr. Siegel. You have helped to transform otherwise downtrodden lives in much pain and after chancing upon your books, you have most certainly halved the therapeutic time needed for recovery with all your insight and genius.
*ps. The recording might seem some what hoarse as first but persevere as it gets better beyond the first few minutes and isn't the same the rest. Dr. Siegel narrates with sincerity and empathy. I have always preferred a writer to do the narration himself and readers/listeners are lucky that Dr. Siegel took the effort to do so.
Enjoy!
B.
By katie
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Dr Siegel explains how understanding the structure of the brain can be used to heal people. Thus someone who has difficulty accessing their feelings or understanding others will do exercises to strengthen the 'feelings' parts of the brain and are able to change more effectively than they would by talking about why they can't understand feelings. I would love to watch Dr Siegel treating patients and see him demonstrate the exercises he uses - any chance of a DVD?
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