Ruth Baer is Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky. She has published widely on the assessment of mindfulness, mindfulness-based interventions and their mechanisms of change, relationships between mindfulness and other aspects of psychological functioning, and mindfulness and related variables in borderline personality disorder. She teaches and supervises several mindfulness-based interventions, including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP), and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Prof. Baer is the developer of the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, and editor of two previous books for professionals: Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Application, and Assessing Mindfulness and Acceptance: Illuminating the Processes of Change. She serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has presented many talks and workshops on mindfulness in the US and abroad. Her latest book presents a self-help approach to mindfulness for the general public and is published in the US as The Practicing Happiness Workbook: How Mindfulness Can Free You From the Four Psychological Traps that Keep You Stressed, Anxious, and Depressed, and in the United Kingdom as Practising Happiness: How Mindfulness Can Free You from Psychological Traps and Help you Build the Life you Want.

Part I - Introduction1. Introduction to the Core Practices and Exercises
Ruth Baer Part II - Current Applications for Psychological Disorders in Adults2. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Recurrent Depression
Willem Kuyken, Alison Evans
3. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Walter E. B. Sipe, Stuart J. Eisendrath
4. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder
Thilo Deckersbach, Natasha Hansen, Britta Holzel
5. Incorporating Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Strategies in the Behavioral Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Lizabeth Roemer, Cara Fuchs, Susan M. Orsillo
6. Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training: Treatment of Overeating and Obesity
Jean L. Kristeller, Ruth Q. Wolever
7. Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors
Sarah Bowen, Neha Chawla, Katie Witkiewitz Part III - Applications Across the Lifespan8. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children
Randye SJ. emple, Jennifer Lee
9. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens
Gina M. Biegel, Kiki Chang, Amy Garrett, and Michelle Edwards
10. Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting: Cultivating Inner Resources for the Transition to Parenthood and Beyond
Nancy Bardacke, Larissa G. Duncan
11. I am Sure to Grow Old: Mindfulness-Based Elder Care
Lucia McBee Part IV - Applications with Medical Populations12. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Chronic Pain
Jeffrey Greeson, Tory Eisenlohr-Moul
13. Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery: An Adaptation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Cancer Patients
Michael Speca, Linda E. arlson, Michael J. Mackenzie, Maureen Angen Part V - Applications for Work-Related Stress14. Mindfulness for Health Care Professionals and Therapists in Training
Shauna Shapiro, Sonica Thakur, Sarah de Sousa
15. Mindfulness Training in High Stress Professions: Strengthening Attention and Resilience
Amishi P. Jha, Scott L. Rogers, Alexandra B. Morrison