“…Together, these lead to a process of "re-perceiving," which is accompanied by shifts in perspective, and subsequently enhanced self-regulation, flexibility in behaviors, and exposure (Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006). Research in both adults and youth shows that mindfulness reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improves cognitive and social outcomes (Borquist-Conlon, Maynard, Brendel, & Farina, 2017;Creswell, 2017;Zack, Saekow, Kelly, & Radke, 2014;Zenner, Herrnleben-Kurz, & Walach, 2014). Mindfulness may also promote extinction learning by reducing experiential avoidance, increasing awareness of internal states and attention to conditioned stimuli (Treanor, 2011), and uncoupling associative learning (Brewer & Garrison, 2014).…”