ABSTRACT
The practice of mindfulness cultivates trans-theoretical qualities of mind that seem to have an implicit and positive impact on any particular type of treatment, including psychopharmacology. There are a number of ways in which empathy and compassion arise from meditation. The common factor entails empathy, which is the single best-researched common relationship factor in the entire psychotherapy outcome field. Meditation reveals the incessant concern with self-image and self-esteem. One key factor in the clinical integration of the practices involves the clinician's own meditation practice, and understanding why it may be crucial to the therapeutic process and outcomes. Marsha Linehan speaks about affect tolerance in dialectical behavior therapy as a quality that should be cultivated by all patients. Attention can be trained, and it is essential that we learn to pay attention. Nearly all of diagnostic categories come from reports of subjective suffering, consensus statements, expert panels, epidemiological and prevalence reports, and so on.
