Meditation and Appropriation: Best Practices for Counselors Who Utilize Meditation |
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| Authors: | Kendra A Surmitis Jesse Fox Daniel Gutierrez |
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| Institution: | 1. Private practice, Alexandria, Virginia;2. Department of Pastoral CounselingLoyola University Maryland;3. Now at Department of Counselor EducationStetson University;4. Department of School Psychology and Counselor EducationCollege of William & Mary |
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| Abstract: | Support for meditation is found across academic communities and popular culture. Although the application of meditative practices has yielded positive treatment outcomes, larger purposes of the practice are perhaps lost in the empirically driven West, thus driving a risk of appropriation. In response, the authors outline 4 implications for best practice for counselors who aspire to engage in the culturally responsible use of meditative practices. |
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| Keywords: | meditation mindfulness appropriation spirituality spiritual bypass |
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