1989/10/01 by John Craven · 3 citations
Psychology · #Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions #Child Therapy and Development #Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
paper · doi:10.1177/070674378903400705
openalex publication_date 1989/10/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Meditation has been increasingly recommended as a practice with potential psychotherapeutic benefit. This paper provides a description of meditative practice and discusses selected issues related to the conceptual and technical integration of meditation with modern psychotherapeutic interventions. Evidence suggests that meditation may contribute to psychotherapeutic change and that the disciplines from which meditation arises are in some respects similar to modern psychological formulations, and in other respects are complimentary. It is hoped that improved understanding of meditation will contribute to an increased acceptance and use of these practices as aids to psychotherapeutic change and will facilitate meaningful research regarding meditation.