Meeting Mental Breakdown Mindfully

Taylor & Francis

Meeting Mental Breakdown MindfullyHow to Help the Comprehend, Cope and Connect Way\nAuthor(s): Isabel Clarke\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367533670, 978-0367533670\nSynopsis\nMeeting Mental Breakdown Mindfully introduces the Comprehend, Cope and Connect (CCC) approach, developed and evaluated within mental health services, to a wider audience who need to understand mental health issues, whether for themselves or to support others.\n\nThe book deconstructs and normalizes mental breakdown, starting from the individuals inner experience, leading to practical ways of helping people out of distress and impaired functioning, towards the realization of their whole potential. It is based on an understanding of connections in the brain founded in cognitive science, which explains how human functioning can easily go astray. CCC provides a compelling rationale for putting mindfulness at the heart of the solution, along .