How Therapists Use and Choose Mindfulness to Treat Trauma
Jessica D. King
UKnowledge 2016 DOI: 10.13023/etd.2016.419 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Associate and fully licensed local therapists who use mindfulness therapies and interventions with clients |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key findings | The study set out to describe therapists' use of and choices about mindfulness-based treatments for clients' post-traumatic stress symptoms, trauma-relevant emotion dysregulation, and attachment injury. Because the abstract reports only the design and methods, it states no results or conclusions; findings appear in the full work's results and discussion sections. |
Abstract
This qualitative study used the phenomenological method to examine how therapists use mindfulness therapies and interventions to address trauma-salient issues with their clients. Specifically, it explored therapists’ use of and choices about mindfulness-based treatments when addressing post-traumatic stress symptoms, and trauma-relevant emotion dysregulation and attachment injury. Informants were associate and fully-licensed local therapists, recruited using convenience sampling and snowball sampling by word-of-mouth referrals. Data was collected by semi-structured interviewing. Interview data was analyzed with Moustakas’ (1994) recommended procedures for analysis of phenomenological data. Results, Discussion, Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research are described at the end.
Comparable studies
Other qualitative studies on meditation, most cited first.
Citations in the library
Cites 6
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