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2. Kindle online PDF Mindfulness Based Practices in Therapy A Cultural Humility Approach free acces Description : This book serves as a practical introduction to integrating mindfulness based practices in therapy with a focus on assessing whether it is appropriate to use or adapt mindfulness activities to the specific cuural identity or identities of clients Eastern spirituality has exerted considerable influence on the fields of counseling and psychology through the use of mindfulness based practices Interventions can be adapted to account for clients religiousspiritual identity gender norms racialethnic background community values and pressures personality traits unfamiliarity with mindfulness based practices cognitive flexibility and individual life experiences The authors present an approach to integrating mindfulness in therapy that emphasizes cuural humility which combines an accurate view of oneself including limits in ones awareness knowledge and skills for working with individuals from diverse groups with the ability to cuivate an other oriented stance thus enhancing ones ability to work with clients from a variety of cuural backgrounds By incorporating this client centered approach therapists will be better able to align the therapy process with clients values narratives about change and therapy goals