Clinical psychology trainees' experiences of mindfulness: an interpretive phenomenological analysis

Hemanth Kumar, Pooja, and Fisher, Paul (2015) Clinical psychology trainees' experiences of mindfulness: an interpretive phenomenological analysis. Mindfulness, 6 (5). pp. 1143-1152.

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Abstract

The current study explored clinical psychology trainees' experience of mindfulness and its impacts on their lives. Participants were recruited from a mindfulness group that was conducted once a week for 10 weeks, with each session lasting 1 h. The participants were interviewed, and the transcripts were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The themes suggest that participants experienced increased comfort with mindfulness over time and that the mindfulness group could help trainees with their self-care, professional development in intrapersonal skills, and confidence in their mindfulness intervention skills. Clinical implications for the integration of mindfulness training into clinical psychology programs are discussed.

Item ID: 42009
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1868-8535
Keywords: mindfulness; training; self-care; clinical psychology; professional development
Date Deposited: 08 Dec 2015 17:19
FoR Codes: 17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170103 Educational Psychology @ 50%
17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology @ 50%
SEO Codes: 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences @ 100%
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