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    Mindfulness in counselling and psychotherapy: narratives from practitioners in Bhutan and Australia

    247141_Percy 2016.pdf (1.903Mb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Percy, Ian David
    Date
    2016
    Supervisor
    Assoc. Prof. Fran Crawford
    Assoc. Prof. Angela Fielding
    Dr Kathleen Gregory
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1346
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    • Curtin Theses
    Abstract

    In Western countries therapeutic mindfulness has claimed positive physical benefits and improved mental wellbeing. The Kingdom of Bhutan is addressing social problems through emerging counselling and psychotherapeutic services. A narrative research methodology deconstructed the place of mindfulness in the personal lives and professional practices of six counsellors and psychotherapists in Perth, Western Australia and five counsellors in Bhutan. Their relational and contextual histories led to a reconsideration of the descriptions, purposes and applications of mindfulness.

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