Finding My Professional Heart: A brief guide to compassionate care and mindfulness for practitioners - Softcover

Natius Oelofsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908625406 ISBN 13: 9781908625403

Publisher: Lantern Publishing Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Finding My Professional Heart is a short guide to compassion and mindfulness for health and social care students and practitioners.
At the heart of health and social care is a healing encounter between people, and this book aims to put compassion and humanity back at the centre of care. Drawing on both neuroscientific research and the contemplative traditions, the book argues that compassion is not a competency that can be trained, but a way of practising care that can be cultivated and nurtured.

• Gives an overview of the concept of compassion that encompasses modern as well as ancient perspectives.
• Considers some ideas on how to become compassionate and discusses the enemies of compassion.
• Provides a small sample of scientific research into compassion and presents an overview of a neuroscience-based model of compassion.
• Explores the links between mindfulness and compassion.
• Provides guidelines and a road map for cultivating a compassionate outlook and approach.
• Offers a set of meditations and practices that can be used along the way.

Natius Oelofsen is the author of the highly regarded Developing Reflective Practice.

Contents

Preface
Chapter 1 Compassion
Chapter 2 How to become compassionate
Interlude: The four pillars of compassion
Chapter 3 The science of compassion
Chapter 4 Mindfulness and compassion
Chapter 5 A roadmap for compassionate practice
Interlude: The flow of compassion
Chapter 6 Developing compassionate teams, services and organisations
Appendix: Meditations to develop your compassion
References

Edition details

• Publisher: Lantern Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908625406
• ISBN 13: 9781908625403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96