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College students and other young adults today experience high levels of stress as they pursue personal, educational, and career goals. These struggles can have serious consequences, and may increase the risk of psychological distress and mental illness among this age group. This fully updated second edition of Mindfulness for the Next Generation describes an evidence-based, approach for teaching the useful and important skill of mindfulness to college-ageadults.
List of contents
- Part I: Teaching Mindfulness to College Students and Other Emerging Adults
- Chapter 1. Koru: A New Model
- Chapter 2. More about Emerging Adults and Mindfulness
- Chapter 3. Strategies for Bringing Mindfulness to Emerging Adults
- Chapter 4. The Research Behind Our Teaching
- Part II: Creating a Mindfulness Course
- Chapter 5. Structure and Logistics
- Chapter 6. The First Class
- Chapter 7. The Second Class
- Chapter 8. The Third Class
- Chapter 9. The Fourth Class
- Part III: Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Koru: New Developments
- Chapter 11. Transformation
About the author
Holly Rogers, MD, is a psychiatrist who worked for 23 years at Duke University's Counseling and Psychological Services, the clinic that serves the Duke student population. She is a co-developer of Koru Mindfulness and a co-founder of The Center for Koru Mindfulness.
Margaret Maytan, MD, MA, is a psychiatrist recently retired from Duke University Medical Center. She is currently working part-time in community mental health. Dr. Maytan is a longtime practitioner of mindfulness meditation and has extensive training in mind-body skills.
Summary
College students and other young adults today experience high levels of stress as they pursue personal, educational, and career goals. These struggles can have serious consequences, and may increase the risk of psychological distress and mental illness among the age group now commonly referred to as "emerging adults." Scientific research has shown that practicing mindfulness can help manage stress and enhance quality of life, but traditional methods of teaching mindfulness and meditation may not be effective for college-age adults.
This fully updated second edition of Mindfulness for the Next Generation describes an evidence-based approach for teaching the useful and important skill of mindfulness to emerging adults. The manualized, four-session program outlined here, Koru Mindfulness, is designed to help young adults navigate challenging tasks, and achieve meaningful personal growth. Rogers and Maytan, psychiatrists and developers of Koru Mindfulness, also discuss the unique stressors emerging adults face, identify effective teaching techniques for working with them, and review the now-robust research supporting mindfulness for stress reduction in a scientifically rigorous yet reader-friendly way. Among the features new to this edition are new data on the effectiveness of the curriculum, an introduction to the Koru mindfulness teacher certification program, and adaptations for culturally informed practice, reflecting the international appeal of Koru Mindfulness as well as its growing use outside of college settings, and extensively revised in-session scripts. Mindfulness for the Next Generation is written for therapists, teachers, health professionals, and student service providers.
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Mindfulness for the Next Generation is a useful guide for those readers looking to bring mindfulness education to the emerging adult college-student population. It provides a clear rationale for why this intervention may be effective for emerging adults as well as a clear implementation structure.
