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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• In that Place of Sanity: The Inner Life of the Counselor
• AUTHOR’S NOTE
• Chapter 1: Creating Space Within
• AUTHENTICITY AND TRANSPARENCY
• HUMILITY IN SILENCE AND SOLITUDE
• Chapter 2: Valuing and Accessing Alonetime
• ALONETIME
• RECOGNIZING, HONORING, AND APPRECIATING MORE FULLY THE SPACES IN DAILY LIFE
• APPRECIATING THE CRUMBS OF ALONETIME
• WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CRUMBS OF ALONETIME?
• Chapter 3: Recognizing the Cues of Subtle “Mindlessness”
• APPRECIATING WAYS TO BE MORE MINDFUL SO WE CAN MORE EASILY RECOGNIZE WHEN WE ARE NOT
• APPRECIATING LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE: SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS FROM PSYCHOLOGISTS, SPIRITUAL FIGURES, WRITERS, AND POETS
• RECOGNIZING THE FRUITS OF BEING MINDFULLY CENTERED
• GUIDELINES FOR INNER FREEDOM
• Chapter 4: Learning the Art of Leaning Back
• THE CAPACITY TO BE ALONE: RECOGNIZING WE ARE NOT USED TO SILENCE, MUCH LESS SOLITUDE
• THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPACITY TO BE ALONE
• WHAT ACTUALLY IS TRUE AWARENESS AND MINDFULNESS?
• PAYING ATTENTION DIFFERENTLY IN SOLITUDE
• RELEASING PREVIOUSLY UNACCOUNTED-FOR ENERGY
• CREATING FAMILIAR PLACES OF SOLITUDE
• SIMPLE APPROACHES TO FORMAL MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
• INCLUDING EVERYTHING
• GOING ON RETREAT: PERIODS OF DRAMATIC SOLITUDE
• Chapter 5: Experiencing a New Type of Counselor Self-Nurturance
• COUNSELOR SELF-NURTURANCE
• PATIENCE AND KNOWING HOW TO PACE YOURSELF
• TRANSPARENCY
• OPENNESS TO, AND THE RELEASE OF, THE CHAINS OF YOUR HURTS
• VALUING FRESHNESS AND FEEDING INNER SIMPLICITY THROUGH GREATER MINDFULNESS
• HELPFUL PERSONAL DEBRIEFING: MODELING STILLNESS WHEN CONFRONTED WITH OUR EMOTIONS AND IMMATURE MOTIVATIONS
• EMPLOYING RITUALS OF INNER RENEWAL
• WASTING LESS ENERGY ON BEING JUDGMENTAL
• HAVING AN APPRECIATION OF PERSONAL GIFTS AS WELL AS RELATED GROWING EDGES AT ANY GIVEN POINT
• SEEING UNPRODUCTIVE VIEWS AND BEHAVIORS FOR WHAT THEY ARE AND ADDRESSING THEM ACCORDINGLY
• BEING CONTINUALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WONDER, AWE, AND JOY OF BEING A COUNSELOR
• Chapter 6: Alonetime as a University: Honoring the Wisdom of Mentors of Mindfulness
• COMMITMENT TO ACT
• WHY SEEK SUCH A PSYCHOLOGICALLY COSTLY RELATIONSHIP?
• WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE LIKE?
• OFFERS ACCEPTANCE AND SPACE TO THOSE SEEKING THEIR ASSISTANCE
• POSSESS AN ENCOURAGING AND CONTAGIOUS APPEAL
• EXEMPLIFY EXTRAORDINARINESS, HUMILITY, AND PRACTICALITY
• OFFERS PERSPECTIVE, EVEN IN THE DARKNESS
• A SENSE OF UN-SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
• ARE YOU ABLE TO BE AT HOME IN THE NOW?
• LIVING WITH THE QUESTIONS AND INSTILLING PATIENCE IN OURSELVES
• MENTORS OF MINDFULNESS ALSO DON’T GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT
• MINDFUL OPENNESS AND EFFORT: GUIDING LIGHTS TO NEW FREEDOM
• THE CHARISM OF THE GUIDE
• PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
• Appendix: Retreat and Reflect: Enjoying a Fresh Experience of Your Own Inner Life
• MENTORS OF ALONETIME AND READINESS
• APPRECIATING OUR CENTER OF GRAVITY
• SIMPLICITY AND CLARITY
• A POSITIVE ANTISOCIAL ACT
• BALANCE
• DISCOVERING SILENT SPACES
• FINDING THE CENTRAL PRINCIPLE
• TRANSPARENCY
• A PERSON WITHOUT GUILE
• LIFE AS A PILGRIMAGE
• A QUIET WALK
• PERSPECTIVE AND INTRIGUE
• DEVELOPING YOUR OWN CULTURE OF SILENCE
• STILLNESS, IMPERMANENCE, AND AWE
• FACING OUR MATERIALISM
• HONORING A SABBATH IN OUR LIVES
• UNPLEASANT SURFACINGS ON THE ROAD TO GREATER FREEDOM
• DIFFERING VIEWS OF SOLITUDE
• ALONETIME AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELEASE OURSELVES FROM COMPARISON
• LOVING FAMILIAR PLACES OF SOLITUDE WITHIN
• RELISHING PRIVATE SPACE
• GENTLENESS, A SENSE OF HUMOR, AND BEING IN THE NOW
• SIMPLICITY AND MEANING-MAKING
• SOLITUDE’S RENEWAL
• QUIET RECOGNITION AND NEW COMMITMENT
• SOLITUDE AND COMMUNITY
• RESPECTING YOUR PLACES OF SOLITUDE
• OUR SPACE IS THEIR SPACE
• SOLITUDE: THE CHALLENGE AND THE GIFT
• MELTING THE EGO
• A Brief Final Comment on a Counselor’s Inner Renewal in Alonetime
• About the Author
• Recommended Readings
• References
• Bibliography
• Permissions
• Acknowledgments
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• End User License Agreement