Integrating mindfulness as self-care into counselling and psychotherapy training

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-125

  Christopher, John Chambers ^a   Maris, Judy A ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Counsellor education; Meditation; Mindfulness based stress reduction; Qigong; Self care; Training; Yoga

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952655489     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733141003750285     Document Type: Article

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