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Self Compassion- How to Build Resilience during the Covid Pandemic 2020

October 15, 2020/in Mindfulness and Self Compassion, News /by Emma Dunn

Compassion-An Introduction. I first began learning about compassion through the work of Paul Gilbert. Through Gilbert’s work I have learnt that being compassionate is something that we are born with. He says it is important in the regulation of our emotions. He describes our motivational system as 3-fold: We are motivated to avoid danger and […]

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Book Review: Unshame- healing trauma-based shame through psychotherapy by Carolyn Spring

September 19, 2019/in Book Reviews, News /by Emma Dunn

Shame   Everyone has it   No-one wants to talk about it   But the less we talk about it   The more we have of it Brene Brown   Overview The author, Carolyn Spring, writes about her 9 years experience of psychotherapy. She focuses on her insights into her shame. Carolyn experienced extreme traumatic […]

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Mindfulness for Beginners-Short Course

July 11, 2019/in Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Self Compassion /by Emma Dunn

Mindfulness-A short Course Mindfulness is  learning to be more present in the here and now. Or conversely it is about recognising when we are caught up in our head, thoughts, perceptions or in our emotions and feelings. When we recognise where our attention is we begin to notice the impact this has on our decision […]

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Meditations

September 8, 2018/in Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, News /by Emma Dunn

    MBSR Body Scan   MBSR Body Scan Short Version.   MBSR Awareness of Breath   MBSR Mindful Movement, (Mindful yoga)

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The 7 Attitudes of Mindfulness as described in Jon Kabat Zinn's poem.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): An 8 week course in Brighouse

July 5, 2018/in Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, News /by Emma Dunn

Emma Dunn-MBSR Course Tutor I live and work in Rastrick and am excited to bring this well established, evidenced based mindfulness programme to Brighouse. I was a participant in an MBSR 8 week course in early 2016, not quite sure what to expect, but hoping this course would satisfy my appetite for meditation. I convinced […]

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Christmas Stress-How to change your mindset using Mindfulness

December 7, 2017/in Anxiety and Stress, Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, News /by Emma Dunn

Christmas Stress – How to change your mindset at Christmas Anyone hosting Christmas will be aware of all the jobs that need to be done, the presents and party clothes to buy, food to be ordered, the list can go on. For those having Christmas alone, or if this year is the first without a […]

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Mindfulness- making use of our tidy brain

July 22, 2017/in Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, News /by Emma Dunn

The Brain and Automatic Pilot My experience and understanding of mindfulness has led me to acknowledge the power thoughts have to manifest as reality. A thought is not reality, it is a specific activity of the brain. Do you realise our thoughts  motivate our actions and behaviours even when they are not real! The human […]

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Introduction to Mindfulness. Available in Brighouse, a balance of theory, shared experience and meditations.

Experience of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

January 12, 2017/in Mindfulness, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, News /by Emma Dunn

This mindfulness novice gets serious It is a while since my last blog on Mindfulness and a lot has happened. I have really noticed a difference in my mood, and reactivity to situations. I find I  notice my mood change and feel equipped to control it before I do something I might regret. My whole […]

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Book Review Mindful Emotional Eating; Mindfulness skills to control cravings, eat in moderation and optimize coping.

June 23, 2016/in Book Reviews, Mindfulness, News /by Emma Dunn

Book Review  Pavel G. Somov- Mindful Emotional Eating; Mindfulness skills to control cravings, eat in moderation and optimize coping. (2015) Review Written for both the client and the clinician this book is in 3 parts. In the first part the author describes his model of working to enable ‘Mindful Emotional Eating’ (MEE). The second is how […]

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Book Review: A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax

February 24, 2016/in Book Reviews, Mindfulness, News /by Emma Dunn

Book Review Ruby Wax- A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled Ruby Wax is known to me firstly as a comedian and more recently a Master of Mindfulness based cognitive therapy. It is because of the latter and her potential to reach the masses that I wanted to review her book, to help others decide whether […]

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Emma Dunn is a psychotherapist & counsellor in Rastrick, Brighouse, West Yorkshire. She treats those with depression, anxiety, stress, unhelpful eating habits & existential angst & also runs a variety of mindfulness courses.

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