Published in 2024
8 hours and 18 minutes
Elizabeth Reninger is a freelance writer and yoga/meditation instructor based in Boulder, Colorado. She is the author of Meditation Now: A Beginner’s Guide, Taoism for Beginners, A Year of Taoism, and the poetry collection And Now the Story Lives Inside You (WovenWord Press). She has written many essays on contemplative topics. These can be found on her website, www.elizabeth-reninger.com.
Shelly Young is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Shelly has been a mindfulness instructor for over 30 years and has led workshops and trainings throughout the U.S. and Canada since 1985. She maintains a mindfulness-based psychotherapy practice in Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico and regularly works with individuals and groups using the UMED process. Shelly is presently working with researchers at the SEMA lab in Tucson Arizona as well as the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). At MUSC they are researching the effects of the combination of the UMED protocol for addictions with their meditation-enhancing device, “Zendo.” Shelly is the author of the children’s book Benny the Bunny Finds the Happy Place: A Mindfulness Journey for Children and Adults. More about Shelly’s work can be found on her website, PresentSolutions4u.com.
Shinzen Young is an American mindfulness teacher and neuroscience research consultant. Ordained as a monk in Japan, he holds a PhD in Bhuddist studies. His systematic approach to adapting and teaching meditation – known as Unified Mindfulness – has resulted in collaborations with Harvard Medical School, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of Vermont and the University of Arizona in the field of contemplative neuroscience. In 2019, Shinzen became the Co-Director of the Sonication Enhanced Mindful Awareness (SEMA) Lab at the University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies. The SEMA Lab endeavors to biophysically operationalize the measurement of mindful awareness.
What is this book about?
In When Therapy Doesn’t Work: A Mindfulness Guide to Emotional Repair, meditation teacher Shinzen Young and psychotherapist Shelly Young apply the principles of Unified Mindfulness to emotional healing and transformation. Drawn from tried-and-tested therapeutic practices, this book is filled with easy-to-follow techniques to successfully overcome trauma, anxiety, addictions, panic, compulsive behavior and a variety of other mental health challenges.
This is the first book to offer Shinzen Young’s revolutionary Unified Mindfulness as a self-help tool for listeners who are suffering from trauma, addictions, and anxiety but have struggled to engage with traditional forms of therapy. Not only are these techniques unique, they are also uniquely effective, with the power to combat harmful mental, emotional and behavioral patterns and help listeners find freedom within.
Whether you are struggling with your own mental health, trying to help a loved one, or looking to expand your practice as a healing professional, this book contains the tools you need to escape old stories, unwind suffering and rediscover joy in the everyday.
