Mindfulness and Metta-based Trauma Therapy (MMTT): Initial Development and Proof-of-Concept of an Internet Resource

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1322-1334

  Frewen, Paul ^a   Rogers, Nicholas ^a   Flodrowski, Les ^a   Lanius, Ruth ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Dissociation; Internet therapy; Meditation; Metta (lovingkindness); Mindfulness; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947282661     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-015-0402-y     Document Type: Article

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