Efforts to integrate mindfulness meditation into existing Western psychoetherpay models are commonplace. While mindfulness techniques may work in concert with other models successfully, the richness of the mindfulness model of encountering the world is often lost. Using Beckerman and Sarracco's case study as an example, this paper explores some of the ways in which a more full integration of...
Some of the more difficult to define aspects of the therapeutic process (empathy, compassion, presence) remain some of the most important. Teaching them presents a challenge for therapist trainees and educators alike. In this study, we examine our beginning practicum students' experience of learning mindfulness meditation as a way to help them develop therapeutic presence. Through thematic...