The benefits of meditation for psychotherapists : Developing therapist qualities that positively influence psychotherapy outcome
2011
Abstract
This review summarizes findings of 27 research studies regarding the impact of therapist''s meditation practice (or therapist mindfulness) on important therapist variables and on the therapy outcome. It describes the benefits of meditation recorded in qualitative research, provides some comments on design of relevant quantitative research studies, draws attention to the phenomenon of insight in meditation and offers recommendations for future directions in this field.