The Sisters of Mindfulness

Debra Rosenzweig,

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Debra Rosenzweig

Teachers College, Columbia University

Please address correspondence to: Debra Rosenzweig, 380 Lafayette St., 2^nd floor, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author

Debra Rosenzweig,

Corresponding Author

Debra Rosenzweig

Teachers College, Columbia University

Please address correspondence to: Debra Rosenzweig, 380 Lafayette St., 2^nd floor, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author

First published: 17 June 2013

https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22015

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Abstract

This article introduces the issue of Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session entitled “Beyond Meditation: Mindfulness-Related Clinical Practices.” In the article, I describe how the “sisters of mindfulness”–forgiveness, gratitude, loving-kindness, compassion, acceptance, and best-self visualization–are each interconnected and important forms of mindfulness as well as tenets of Buddhist psychology. Each of these practices reflect mental strengths that are being integrated into the brain's neuroplastic development as a function of modern day psychotherapy.

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Volume69, Issue8

August 2013

Pages 793-804

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