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This chapter introduces therapists to mindfulness and acceptance intervention practices and principles that can be used in a wide range of therapy contexts. The intervention practices are divided into three groups: (a) philosophy-in-action, which includes befriending problems, embracing what is, and cultivating wisdom and compassion; (b) practices for cultivating empathy, which includes not-knowing expertise and planting the seeds of equanimity in good times, difficult times, and in-between times; and (c) in-dialogue mindful-experiencing, which includes mindful experiencing of thoughts and emotions, mindful awareness of relational patterns, and mindful enactments.
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Gehart, D.R. (2012). Foundational Mindfulness- and Acceptance- Informed Interventions and Practices. In: Mindfulness and Acceptance in Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3033-9_7
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