The Relationships among Clinician Self-Report of Empathy, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Alliance

Leonard, Hugh D.; Campbell, Kendra; Gonzalez, Vivian M.

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“…As such, the outcomes observed must be regarded as more distal indicators of therapy‐relevant skills. However, findings from other studies have established empirical associations between the variables included here and measures more closely related to the therapy process, such as empathy (Jones et al, ) and maintenance of therapeutic alliance (Leonard et al, ; Razzaque et al, ). It may thus be argued that it is likely that the changes observed here are relevant for the practice of psychotherapy.…”

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“…According to Wampold et al (), the ability to modulate and express emotions and maintain focus on the client is a skill that is of importance for therapist effectiveness. Prior research has found facets of mindfulness to be related to therapeutic alliance (Leonard et al, ; Ryan et al, ), as well as to empathy and active listening (Jones, Bodie, & Hughes, ). The benefit of mindfulness training in enhancing various aspects of facilitative interpersonal skills is worthy of further exploration.…”

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“…Dispositional mindfulness has been associated with lower levels of distress (Bränström, Duncan, & Moskowitz, 2011;Cash & Whittingham 2010;Desrosiers, Klemanski, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2013) and higher levels of adaptive emotional qualities (Goodall, Trejnowska, & Darling, 2012;Weinstein, Brown, & Ryan, 2009). There are also indications that clinicians who report higher levels of mindfulness are less likely to experience negative emotions in response to client distress (Leonard, Campbell, & Gonzalez, 2018).…”

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Can clinical psychology students benefit from brief and intensive mindfulness training?

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This pilot study examined the impact of mindfulness training on skills relevant for the well‐being and therapeutic functioning of clinical psychology students. Twenty‐five psychology students took part in an intensive mindfulness training programme, consisting of three 2.5‐hr sessions and one all‐day silent retreat. The students filled out self‐report measures of rumination, emotional reactivity to stress, difficulties with emotion regulation, mindfulness and self‐compassion. They also completed two cognitive tests (revised version of the Attention Network Test and a Stroop colour‐word inference task) before and after the course. The students reported significant decreases in rumination (d = 0.75, p = .001), emotional reactivity to stress (d = 0.81, p = .001) and difficulties in emotion regulation (d = 0.57, p = .008). They also reported increased mindfulness (d = 0.93, p = .001) and self‐compassion (d = 0.81, p = .001). On both cognitive performance tests, the students showed an increase in executive control, that is the ability to prioritise among competing thoughts, feelings and responses (ANT, d = 1.48; p = .001; Stroop: d = 0.63; p = .004). The students also showed a moderate increase in cognitive flexibility (d = 0.66; p = .003), measured by Stroop. Conclusions The study indicates that it may be beneficial to introduce personal mindfulness practice as a way of preparing novice therapists for their future profession. The findings also support the potential value of including measures of attentional capacities in future studies of psychotherapy training.

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“…However, for decreasing CF, eliminating empathy was considered not practical because empathy was particularly important for psychological counselors to understand clients, establish a therapeutic alliance, and benefit clients ( Wampold, 2015 ). Recent experimental and questionnaire-based studies have explored the potential roles of distinguishing between self-oriented and other-oriented empathy and the reduction of self-oriented empathy in the decrease of CF ( Lamm et al, 2007 ; Kim and Han, 2018 ; Leonard et al, 2018 ). Researchers found that self-oriented and other-oriented empathy led to activations in different brain regions ( Lamm et al, 2007 ).…”

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Self-Oriented Empathy and Compassion Fatigue: The Serial Mediation of Dispositional Mindfulness and Counselor’s Self-Efficacy

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This study aimed to explore the association between self-oriented empathy and compassion fatigue, and examine the potential mediating roles of dispositional mindfulness and the counselor’s self-efficacy. A total of 712 hotline psychological counselors were recruited from the Mental Health Service Platform at Central China Normal University, Ministry of Education during the outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019, then were asked to complete the questionnaires measuring self-oriented empathy, compassion fatigue, dispositional mindfulness, and counselor’s self-efficacy. Structural equation modeling was utilized to analyze the possible associations and explore potential mediations. In addition to reporting confidence intervals (CI), we employed a new method named model-based constrained optimization procedure to test hypotheses of indirect effects. Results showed that self-oriented empathy was positively associated with compassion fatigue. Dispositional mindfulness and counselor’s self-efficacy independently and serially mediated the associations between self-oriented empathy and compassion fatigue. The findings of this study confirmed and complemented the etiological and the multi-factor model of compassion fatigue. Moreover, the results indicate that it is useful and necessary to add some training for increasing counselor’s self-efficacy in mindfulness-based interventions in order to decrease compassion fatigue.

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“…Mindfulness emphasizes the acceptance of the current circumstances, even when these are unpleasant. [41]. Some understand that mindfulness is part of a certain spiritualization of psychotherapy, as an attempt, in a way, to de-psychologize or de-psychiatrize it [42].…”

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Full awareness or mindfulness in the practice of current clinical psychology and psychiatry: Explanatory contributions

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Ann Psychiatry Treatm

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Introduction: In accordance with relevant historical sources and the objective of reducing the conceptual ambiguity surrounding full awareness or mindfulness, it should be emphasized that the aim of these concepts is better self-regulation and that the task of the observer is to remain equanimous between attraction and repulsion of what is being observed. Methods: A search for the word or descriptor "mindfulness" with the use of modern search engines and research databases with thesaurus, such as Medline-PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, the Cochrane Library and InDICEs-CSIC, results in such a high number of records that this is, in practice, unmanageable. Therefore, this article, which is essentially a theoretical review and an opinion study, will only take into consideration the most important, novel or signifi cant fi ndings. Results: Full awareness is adjuvant to the treatment of certain mental disorders. It is known that meditation training can improve the affective response by reducing the reactivity of the amygdala and that practicing meditation leads to a reduction of physiological stress markers. However, it is also true that we are witnessing a trend that is not without confusion as well as an exponentially growing interest in mindfulness, in both the scientifi c and non-scientifi c fi elds. Conclusions: This paper aims to clarify the matter of concept, validity and psychological-psychiatric usefulness of full awareness or mindfulness currently and in the foreseeable future.

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The Relationships among Clinician Self-Report of Empathy, Mindfulness, and Therapeutic Alliance

Cited by 25 publications

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Can clinical psychology students benefit from brief and intensive mindfulness training?

Can clinical psychology students benefit from brief and intensive mindfulness training?

Self-Oriented Empathy and Compassion Fatigue: The Serial Mediation of Dispositional Mindfulness and Counselor’s Self-Efficacy

Full awareness or mindfulness in the practice of current clinical psychology and psychiatry: Explanatory contributions

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