title: Best self visualization method with high-risk youth.
abstract: The healing process of the Best Self Visualization Method (BSM) is described within the framework of meditation, neuroscience, and psychodynamic theory. Cases are drawn from the treatment of high-risk youth, who have histories of poverty, survival of sexual and physical abuse, and/or current risk for perpetrating abuse. Clinical use of BSM is demonstrated in two case illustrations, one of group psychotherapy and another of individual therapy.
authors.affiliation: Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, USA. lorne.schussel@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lorne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schussel
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002016:Buddhism; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: best self visualization; loving-kindness; meditation; mindfulness; youth and poverty