The use of mindfulness training to create an 'accompanying place' for social work students

Social Work Education

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 837-852

  Birnbaum, Liora ^a  

^a The Inner Voice Clinique   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accompanying place; Meditation; Mindfulness; Self awareness; Social work training; Students' needs; Synchronicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849133021     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470701538330     Document Type: Article

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