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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: Nov 01, 2015

Integrating Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback into Mindfulness-Based Therapies

PhD, BCB
Page Range: 129 – 132
DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-43.3.03
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Practitioners using heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB) often must supplement the biofeedback training with other therapeutic techniques. In this article, I describe some of the ways in which my interns and I integrate a mindfulness-based therapy called ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) into our biofeedback based clinical protocols. I describe some aspects of the HRVB, provide a short overview of ACT, and discuss how they can be combined.

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Figure 1.

A typical screen shot demonstrating mastery of heart rate variability biofeedback. We look for symmetry between the respiration wave (in blue above) and the heart rate waveform (in red), maximum peak/valley amplitude, and maximum low frequency peak (in green). Positive indicators are the rising temperature and lowered skin conductance (blue and purple) in the lower right hand panel.


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Figure 2.

The Six Core Principles of ACT (Harris, 2008, pp. 33–34).


Richard Gevirtz


Contributor Notes

Correspondence: Richard Gevirtz, PhD, Distinguished Professor, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado, San Diego, CA 92131, email: Rgevirtz@Alliant.edu.