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Effect of a Mindfulness‐Based Intervention on Counselor–Client Attunement
Author(s) -
Schomaker Stefani A.,
Ricard Richard J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12047
Subject(s) - attunement , mindfulness , psychotherapist , psychological intervention , psychology , intervention (counseling) , clinical psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , psychiatry , pathology
The authors implemented a single‐case research design to evaluate a 6‐week mindfulness‐based intervention on counselor–client attunement with counselor trainees. Mindfulness‐trained counselors ( n = 5) demonstrated attunement levels at 1.58 times the rate of a comparison group ( n = 4). The authors discuss future research on mindfulness in counselor training and the usefulness of single‐case methods for empirical validation of interventions.