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Heather Mary Kempton

2 papers in the library · 16 citations · publishing 2022

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Mindfulness or expectancy? The label of mindfulness leads to expectancy effects

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research November 1, 2022 Mona Ghanbari Noshari, Heather Mary Kempton, Ute Kreplin 14 citations

Abstract The increasing popularity of mindfulness practices has seen an accompanying growth in research that includes the development of several self‐report mindfulness measures. However, while caution has been recommended in the use of these self‐reports, there has been little direct assessment of their susceptibility to expectancy effects. This research aimed at understanding whether...

Holy be the Lay: A Way to Mindfulness Through Christian Poetry

OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine March 11, 2022 Heather Mary Kempton 2 citations

Mindfulness practices have exploded in popularity in public awareness and in therapeutic applications. While mindfulness in a therapeutic context is presented as a secular practice, its primarily Buddhist heritage may make some Christian clients wary of engaging. Research indicates that both reflection (co-creation) on poetry and creation of poetry can be therapeutic, and that both Buddhist and...