Jon Kabat-Zinn (U. of Massachusetts Medical School), who pioneered the introduction of meditation for stress reduction in clinical settings, introduces this volume as valuable for professionals seeking to integrate mindfulness approaches into their practice. Shapiro (counseling psychology, Santa Clara U., California) and Carlson (psychosocial oncology, U. of Calgary, Canada) treat integration of mindfulness approaches into research, professional training and self-care as well as psychotherapy, medical, and educational settings. They discuss applying mind- body therapies with specific clinical populations: e.g., pain, cancer, depression, HIV/AIDS. Meditation exercises and supplemental resources are appended. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)