title: The sisters of mindfulness.
abstract: This article introduces the issue of Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session entitled "Beyond Meditation: Mindfulness-Related Clinical Practices." In the article, I describe how the "sisters of mindfulness"-forgiveness, gratitude, loving-kindness, compassion, acceptance, and best-self visualization-are each interconnected and important forms of mindfulness as well as tenets of Buddhist psychology. Each of these practices reflect mental strengths that are being integrated into the brain's neuroplastic development as a function of modern day psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, USA. deborahlynne@me.com
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosenzweig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002016:Buddhism; D002032:Bulimia / Q000628:therapy; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D061347:Forgiveness; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: Buddhist psychology; acceptance; compassion; forgiveness; gratitude; loving-kindness; mindfulness; psychotherapy