Ethical issues

• Ethical issues

  1. A positive approach to therapy
  2. Mindfulness + morality
• A positive approach to therapy

  • Client anxiety is avoided as mindfulness doesn’t drag up the past as means of explaining present behaviour. Doesn’t change process of thinking but encourages the acceptance of process thinking - less frustrating for the client
• Mindfulness + Morality

  • Essential to maintain moral and ethical standards. Being taught to enchanted leadership skills (heart of practice = decision making)
  • For example Ruedy and Schweitzer (2010) demonstrated how individuals who were high in mindfulness were likely to cheat on a task uphold ethical standards
  • Improving our state of mind through mindfulness will result in is becoming more moral in many facets of life