Self‐Practice/Self‐Reflection (SP/SR) has increasingly been recognised as a means of fostering therapists' personal and professional development. However, little is known about how mindfulness‐based SP/SR may support the cultivation of psychological flexibility (PF)—the capacity to remain open, present and engaged with difficult internal experiences while pursuing valued action—within...
ABSTRACT Background Mindfulness‐Based Interventions (MBIs), including those administered online, have demonstrated efficacy in promoting mental health among college students. Few studies, however, have examined participants' lived experiences of engaging in these interventions when administered online. Method The current qualitative study investigated nine college students' experiences of...
Background This study explored the perspectives of trainees, recently qualified and experienced psychotherapists regarding psychedelic assisted therapy (PAT). Aims The aim was to capture meaning, concerns and opportunities of PAT and understand what it means for the field of psychotherapy and to contribute to the growing body of literature on its development and inform subsequent research....
Abstract Background Research on psychedelics centres on two key areas: the action of psychedelics on the brain and the protocol for delivering therapy. There is little research that considers the implications of this novel therapy on the therapist delivering the treatment. This research study sought to explore this. Aim and Objectives The aim of this research was to explore the considerations...
Abstract Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic plant used throughout South America for religious, cultural and healing ceremonies. Previous studies have analysed it as a therapy method from either the microperspective, such as physiological and psychological effects of substance use, or the macroperspective, such as legal issues or cultural appropriation of ayahuasca by Westerners. There is a need to...
Abstract Objectives Mindfulness may be a helpful tool to enhance psychotherapists' self‐care and intrapersonal skills. To gain deeper knowledge about how to improve mindfulness skills in child and adolescent psychotherapists, we investigated the impact of two mindfulness‐based workshops and a self‐experience interval (individual homework practice of mindfulness exercises) on quantitative and...
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...
Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of clients who report anomalous experiences ( AE s) in counselling services, so we are better informed about how therapists have responded to such clients. AE s are defined as those that ‘depart from our own familiar personal experiences or from the more usual, ordinary, and expected experiences of a given culture and...
Abstract Introduction: Initially proposed as a treatment modality for psychological disorders, mindfulness is now being promoted as a means of enhancing both therapist self care and therapeutic efficacy. The degree to which mindfulness can be learned by therapists to manage their own and clients' processes in therapy is as yet unknown. This study examines training outcomes of a standardised...
Growing up in a multicultural community in England brought me into close personal contact with the beliefs and perceptions about healing held by people of many different cultures. In many cases, no strong boundary was seen between physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of an illness, and experiences of hearing voices or seeing visions were accepted as normal everyday occurrences. During...