What is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T)?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/scienceofmindfulness.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/circle-cropped-3.png\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tBy Michael J. Tumminia <\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/scienceofmindfulness.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-cori-rodriguez-1187086-e1611117081649.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCori Rodriguez via Pexels\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/b>Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T; Biegel, 2017; Biegel et al., 2009, 2014) is a mindfulness training program for adolescents adapted from the traditional Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR; Kabat-Zinn, 1982) program designed for adults. The MBSR-T program (also known as the Stressed Teens program) was created in 2004 by Gina M. Biegel, MA, LMFT. Similar to the traditional MBSR program for adults, MBSR-T is a secular adaptation of mindfulness practices rooted in Eastern meditation traditions. However, MBSR-T specifically draws on developmental theory by taking into account the rapidly changing cognitive and emotional capacities of teens and is influenced by mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002).<\/span><\/p>The MBSR-T program<\/span> \u2014<\/span> offered both in-person or online by trained professionals <\/span>\u2014<\/span> acknowledges the unique challenges adolescents face ranging from intrapersonal (e.g., attention, emotions, impulsivity) to interpersonal (e.g., social skills) to performance-based challenges (e.g., confidence, self-efficacy, procrastination). In order to more skillfully and adaptively confront these challenges, teens are taught fundamental skills of mindfulness, such as the cultivation of awareness of senses, thoughts, and feelings from moment to moment, as well as the development of positive coping skills. Teens learn to intentionally direct their attention toward self-care and aspects of experience that are positive and nourishing, rather than negative and depleting. As a result, teens discover how to become aware of thoughts versus reacting to them, discern between caring versus worrying, and ultimately bring mindful attention and orientation to daily life to manage emotions better and demonstrate more prosocial behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“The MBSR-T program \u2014 offered both in-person or online by trained professionals \u2014 acknowledges the unique challenges adolescents face ranging from intrapersonal to interpersonal to performance-based challenges.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourse Format: <\/b>The MBSR-T program is available to adolescents, families, or schools and is offered both online and in person. The in-person program is offered in eight 90-minute weekly sessions. During the 8-week course, teens use the mindfulness tools and techniques to intentionally focus attention and observe their own emotions and behaviors from moment to moment. The online MBSR-T program is offered in 4, 90-minute weekly sessions. Each class typically starts with a \u2018mindful check-in\u2019 where youth can share highs and lows for the week, review practices from previous weeks, and have the opportunity to ask the instructors questions. This is followed by discussing the topics for the week followed by the assignment of \u2018On-Your-Own-Practices\u2019 (OYOPs) for youth to work on outside of the group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Instructor Requirements: <\/b>An in-depth 10-week training of the MBSR-T program has been developed for professionals (e.g., counselors, educators, nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers) interested in helping stressed adolescents find clarity and relief from stress based on their direct experience supporting teens during this inherently challenging time of life. Each week instructor trainees will receive 3 hours of online training that includes but is not limited to training with the creator of Stressed Teens, Gina Biegel MA, LMFT, and experiential group practices geared toward honing skills to teach mindfulness-based practices with teens. Trainees learn how to facilitate present moment awareness of pleasant and unpleasant experiences, utilize positive coping strategies, build mindful relationships, and incorporate mindfulness based solutions and mindful living into daily life. Lessons ranging from positive neuroplasticity to the foundations, history, and research of the MBSR-T program are delivered through the weekly curriculum, among others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/scienceofmindfulness.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pexels-helena-lopes-697244-e1611117822531.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHelena Lopes via Pexels\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tBy Michael J. Tumminia <\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCori Rodriguez via Pexels\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/b>Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T; Biegel, 2017; Biegel et al., 2009, 2014) is a mindfulness training program for adolescents adapted from the traditional Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR; Kabat-Zinn, 1982) program designed for adults. The MBSR-T program (also known as the Stressed Teens program) was created in 2004 by Gina M. Biegel, MA, LMFT. Similar to the traditional MBSR program for adults, MBSR-T is a secular adaptation of mindfulness practices rooted in Eastern meditation traditions. However, MBSR-T specifically draws on developmental theory by taking into account the rapidly changing cognitive and emotional capacities of teens and is influenced by mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002).<\/span><\/p>The MBSR-T program<\/span> \u2014<\/span> offered both in-person or online by trained professionals <\/span>\u2014<\/span> acknowledges the unique challenges adolescents face ranging from intrapersonal (e.g., attention, emotions, impulsivity) to interpersonal (e.g., social skills) to performance-based challenges (e.g., confidence, self-efficacy, procrastination). In order to more skillfully and adaptively confront these challenges, teens are taught fundamental skills of mindfulness, such as the cultivation of awareness of senses, thoughts, and feelings from moment to moment, as well as the development of positive coping skills. Teens learn to intentionally direct their attention toward self-care and aspects of experience that are positive and nourishing, rather than negative and depleting. As a result, teens discover how to become aware of thoughts versus reacting to them, discern between caring versus worrying, and ultimately bring mindful attention and orientation to daily life to manage emotions better and demonstrate more prosocial behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“The MBSR-T program \u2014 offered both in-person or online by trained professionals \u2014 acknowledges the unique challenges adolescents face ranging from intrapersonal to interpersonal to performance-based challenges.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourse Format: <\/b>The MBSR-T program is available to adolescents, families, or schools and is offered both online and in person. The in-person program is offered in eight 90-minute weekly sessions. During the 8-week course, teens use the mindfulness tools and techniques to intentionally focus attention and observe their own emotions and behaviors from moment to moment. The online MBSR-T program is offered in 4, 90-minute weekly sessions. Each class typically starts with a \u2018mindful check-in\u2019 where youth can share highs and lows for the week, review practices from previous weeks, and have the opportunity to ask the instructors questions. This is followed by discussing the topics for the week followed by the assignment of \u2018On-Your-Own-Practices\u2019 (OYOPs) for youth to work on outside of the group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>Instructor Requirements: <\/b>An in-depth 10-week training of the MBSR-T program has been developed for professionals (e.g., counselors, educators, nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers) interested in helping stressed adolescents find clarity and relief from stress based on their direct experience supporting teens during this inherently challenging time of life. Each week instructor trainees will receive 3 hours of online training that includes but is not limited to training with the creator of Stressed Teens, Gina Biegel MA, LMFT, and experiential group practices geared toward honing skills to teach mindfulness-based practices with teens. Trainees learn how to facilitate present moment awareness of pleasant and unpleasant experiences, utilize positive coping strategies, build mindful relationships, and incorporate mindfulness based solutions and mindful living into daily life. Lessons ranging from positive neuroplasticity to the foundations, history, and research of the MBSR-T program are delivered through the weekly curriculum, among others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHelena Lopes via Pexels\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T)<\/span><\/strong><\/p> <\/b>Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T; Biegel, 2017; Biegel et al., 2009, 2014) is a mindfulness training program for adolescents adapted from the traditional Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR; Kabat-Zinn, 1982) program designed for adults. The MBSR-T program (also known as the Stressed Teens program) was created in 2004 by Gina M. Biegel, MA, LMFT. Similar to the traditional MBSR program for adults, MBSR-T is a secular adaptation of mindfulness practices rooted in Eastern meditation traditions. However, MBSR-T specifically draws on developmental theory by taking into account the rapidly changing cognitive and emotional capacities of teens and is influenced by mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002).<\/span><\/p> The MBSR-T program<\/span> \u2014<\/span> offered both in-person or online by trained professionals <\/span>\u2014<\/span> acknowledges the unique challenges adolescents face ranging from intrapersonal (e.g., attention, emotions, impulsivity) to interpersonal (e.g., social skills) to performance-based challenges (e.g., confidence, self-efficacy, procrastination). In order to more skillfully and adaptively confront these challenges, teens are taught fundamental skills of mindfulness, such as the cultivation of awareness of senses, thoughts, and feelings from moment to moment, as well as the development of positive coping skills. Teens learn to intentionally direct their attention toward self-care and aspects of experience that are positive and nourishing, rather than negative and depleting. As a result, teens discover how to become aware of thoughts versus reacting to them, discern between caring versus worrying, and ultimately bring mindful attention and orientation to daily life to manage emotions better and demonstrate more prosocial behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t “The MBSR-T program \u2014 offered both in-person or online by trained professionals \u2014 acknowledges the unique challenges adolescents face ranging from intrapersonal to interpersonal to performance-based challenges.”<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Course Format: <\/b>The MBSR-T program is available to adolescents, families, or schools and is offered both online and in person. The in-person program is offered in eight 90-minute weekly sessions. During the 8-week course, teens use the mindfulness tools and techniques to intentionally focus attention and observe their own emotions and behaviors from moment to moment. The online MBSR-T program is offered in 4, 90-minute weekly sessions. Each class typically starts with a \u2018mindful check-in\u2019 where youth can share highs and lows for the week, review practices from previous weeks, and have the opportunity to ask the instructors questions. This is followed by discussing the topics for the week followed by the assignment of \u2018On-Your-Own-Practices\u2019 (OYOPs) for youth to work on outside of the group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Instructor Requirements: <\/b>An in-depth 10-week training of the MBSR-T program has been developed for professionals (e.g., counselors, educators, nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers) interested in helping stressed adolescents find clarity and relief from stress based on their direct experience supporting teens during this inherently challenging time of life. Each week instructor trainees will receive 3 hours of online training that includes but is not limited to training with the creator of Stressed Teens, Gina Biegel MA, LMFT, and experiential group practices geared toward honing skills to teach mindfulness-based practices with teens. Trainees learn how to facilitate present moment awareness of pleasant and unpleasant experiences, utilize positive coping strategies, build mindful relationships, and incorporate mindfulness based solutions and mindful living into daily life. Lessons ranging from positive neuroplasticity to the foundations, history, and research of the MBSR-T program are delivered through the weekly curriculum, among others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t