Integrating Metta Into CBT: How Loving Kindness and Compassion Meditation Can Enhance CBT for Treating Anxiety and Depression
[Background] Loving kindness meditation and compassion meditation are traditional Buddhist practices that have recently been introduced and investigated in psychotherapy with promising results. Both meditation practices emphasize metta, a mental state of positive energy and kindness towards oneself...
Main Authors: | Simona Stefan, Stefan G. Hofmann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PsychOpen
2019-09-01
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Series: | Clinical Psychology in Europe |
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Online Access: | https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2529 |
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