
What it IS:
- Skills-based: Concrete skills for effective coping
- Time limited: Between 8-30 weeks, depending on the chronicity of the problem.
- Focused: Specific goals identified, measured, and targeted
- Adaptive: Tailored to individual needs
- Multi-format: Telephone coaching and technology for between session practice
- Empirically Based: Interventions are derived from the latest in science and research
What it is NOT:
- Past focused: While awareness of past experience is important, treatment is focused on increasing skills for effective coping in the present.
- Long term: By identifying measurable outcomes, a clear end date can be set.
- Mysterious: Clients are continuously made aware of the objectives and processes of treatment.
- Magic: Much like working with a fitness trainer, skills work through client practice.
Who is the ideal candidate for Mindful-Mastery?
Adults and adolescents who are:
- Ready to take personal responsibility and work towards change in their lives
- Able to commit to skills practice between sessions
- Having difficulty coping with life stressors and/or transitions