Mindfulness and Meditation in Trauma Treatment The Inner Resources for Stress Program

This complete therapist guide presents an evidence-based program developed over two decades to support resilience and recovery in people who have experienced trauma. Inner Resources for Stress (IR) weaves mindfulness, mantra repetition, and other meditative practices into nine structured yet flexible group sessions. IR is a developmentally informed, culturally responsive approach grounded in cognitive-behavioral conceptualizations of trauma. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes assessment guidelines, session agendas, scripts for meditation practices, and a reproducible session-by-session Participant Guide for clients. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download printable copies of the reproducible materials, as well as audio tracks of the guided practices.
 

Lynn C. Waelde, PhD, is Professor in the Psychology Department and Director of the Meditation and Psychology Area of Emphasis in the clinical psychology PhD program at Palo Alto University; Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine; and founder and Director of the Inner Resources Center, a center for mindfulness and meditation intervention, training, and research. Dr. Waelde completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Medical Center in New Orleans, where she was trained as a specialist in posttraumatic stress disorder. Her clinical and research interests focus on manifestations and treatment of stress disorders and therapeutic applications of meditation and mindfulness. She is a lifelong practitioner of yoga, mindfulness, and meditation.
 

I. Background for Using Mindfulness and Meditation for Stress and Trauma
1. Mindfulness and Meditation: Modern Uses of an Ancient Practice
2. Mindfulness and Meditation for Stress and Trauma
3. Overview of Inner Resources for Stress
4. Session Structure and Process
5. Client Assessment and Match for Treatment
II. Inner Resources for Stress Therapist Guide
- Session 1. Introduction to Inner Resources for Stress
- Session 2. Attention Regulation: Body and Breath Awareness
- Session 3. Emotion Regulation: The Power of Letting Go
- Session 4. Cognitive Regulation: Verbally Mediated Breath Awareness
- Session 5. Awareness of Positive and Negative Emotions: Centering in the Heart
- Session 6. Active Self-Mastery: How to Release Tension
- Session 7. Mindfulness Skills in Action: Integrating Practice with Daily Life
- Session 8. Consolidating Treatment Gains and Keeping the Practice Going
- Session 9. Booster Session: Trajectory of Treatment Gains and Personal Practice
Appendix: Inner Resources for Stress Participant Guide
References
Index
Audio Downloads