MBSR-T Interventions: Pleasant Life Moments
Gina Biegel, MA, LMFT, has tailored the MBSR program to meet the specific needs of teens. In MBSR-T, she uses language, references and stories that are relevant to today's adolescents to help them shift their perspective to become more aware of their intentions, attention and attitude.
"It's important for teens to learn not to categorize their day as all bad or all good, but rather filled with many different moments," says Biegel. "I find teens need something tangible, a list of things that they engage in that they consider self-care. It gives them a visual of things they can turn to that make them feel good or they enjoy instead of negative coping skills/behavior."
Watch this short video to learn how Gina Biegel uses Pleasant Life Moments in her work with teens, then download the worksheets below to incorporate the technique into your practice.
Download the worksheets to incorporate into your practice today!
This blog is based on the work of PESI speaker Gina M. Biegel, LMFT.
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Gina M. Biegel, MA, LMFT, is a psychotherapist, researcher, speaker, and author in the San Francisco Bay Area who specializes in mindfulness-based work with adolescents. She is founder of Stressed Teens, which has been offering mindfulness-based work with adolescents. She is founder of Stressed Teens, which has been offering mindfulness-based stress reduction for teens (MBSR-T) to adolescents, families, schools, professionals, and the community for over a decade. She created MBSR-T to help teens in a large HMO's outpatient department of child and adolescent psychiatry whose physical and psychological symptoms were not responding satisfactorily to a multitude of other evidence-based practices. An expert and pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based approaches to youth, she is the author of Be Mindful & Stress Less: 50 Ways to Deal with Your (Crazy) Life (Shambhala, 2017), The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens (2nd Ed., New Harbinger, 2017), and the Be Mindful Card Deck for Teens (PESI, 2016). She also has a mindfulness practice audio CD, Mindfulness for Teens, to complement the MBSR-T program; provides worldwide multiday trainings and intensive ten-week online trainings; and works with teens and families individually and in groups. Her work has been featured on CNN and Reuters, and in the New York Times.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Gina M. Biegel is the founder and owner of Stressed Teens. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She is published by New Harbinger Publications, Inc. and receives royalties. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Gina M. Biegel has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
