This article examines the results of a survey about mindfulness competencies in the area of coun- seling and psychotherapy; it specifically addresses competencies needed for training clients in the…
Based on promising results with adults, Accep- tance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) presents as a treatment opportunity for depressed adolescents. We pres-ent a pilot study that compares ACT with tre…
Over the past decade, training in mindfulness—the intentional cultivation of moment-by-moment non-judgmental focused attention and awareness—has spread from its initial western applications in…
Interest in applications of mindfulness-based approaches with adults has grown rapidly in recent times, and there is an expanding research base that suggests these are efficacious approaches to pro…
``I couldn't believe it at ®rst; then others said the same thing.'' It was a bright lunchtime on an unseasonably warm Tuesday in January, 2008. We were sitting around a coffee table in the Common …
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation was the first serious, didac- tic Dharma book I read. It was the early nineteen-eighties. My teacher, Jack Kornfield, suggested it as the beginning of formal t…
As women, we have many roles and responsibilities. We are daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, caregivers, working women, leaders, teachers, pastors and pastors' wives, …