Sarah Bowen on Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors | Noble Mind Ep 32

In this episode of Noble Mind, Dr. Sarah Bowen joins Kate and Alex to discuss her work developing mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) for addiction and addictive behaviors. She explains how relapse is normal part of the recovery journey for most people and why shame doesn’t work as a prevention strategy. She also shares what differentiates mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) from traditional relapse prevention and other methods of working with addiction. Learn how MBRP helps to change our relationship with cravings and gives us agency over our behavior. Listen in for Dr. Bowen’s insight on navigating problematic habits that emerged during the pandemic for many of us.

Dr. Sarah Bowen is a licensed clinical psychologist and co-creator of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Treatment for Addictive Behaviors. She also serves as an Assistant Professor at Pacific University and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. Dr. Bowen received her doctoral training under the mentorship of Dr. G. Alan Marlatt, and she is the co-author of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors: A Clinician’s Guide.

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