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On the Road to Mindfulness: Concluding Thoughts

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Themes from each of the chapters are reviewed and summarized. Directions for future research are also explored. Mindfulness has important implications for personal and professional practice including greater acceptance and compassion for self and others.

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Northcut, T.B. (2017). On the Road to Mindfulness: Concluding Thoughts. In: Northcut, T. (eds) Cultivating Mindfulness in Clinical Social Work. Essential Clinical Social Work Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43842-9_12

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