Mindfulness and clinical psychology.
Psychology and psychotherapy September 1, 2011 DOI: 10.1348/147608310x530048 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Qualitative Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 5 |
| Key points | Argues that mindfulness can establish a state of presence understood in relation to phenomenology, linking it to a Western intellectual tradition and offering a systematic method for investigating the non-conceptual basis of everyday experience. |
Abstract
Does mindfulness offer more to psychology than a useful therapeutic technique? This paper argues that it can also establish a state of presence which is understood in relation to the practice of phenomenology. Mindfulness is then both linked to a Western intellectual tradition and offers that tradition a systematic method. This is an opening for psychological investigation of the non-conceptual basis of everyday experience. The combination of this theoretical stance with the increasingly widespread practical training of clinical psychologists in mindfulness has broad implications for clinical practice; this is illustrated in relation to the descriptive approach to clinical problems, qualitative research, and reflective practice.