HALF SMILE MINDFULNESS FOR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS: A QUALITIATIVE APPROACH
John Mathew
Dr. Krapal Singh
Department of Psychology Shri JJT University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India Corresponding
Author: John Mathew; Email fmathew0@gmail.com
Abstract :
This study explores the experience of Pure consciousness in the therapeutic process after and before applying Half-Smile Mindfulness Meditation. The training was delivered through guided sessions focusing on mindful breathing, affect regulation, and therapeutic presence exercise relevant to counseling practice. Preand Post Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 31 psychotherapists. These interviews used coding metrics to summarize the participants’ experiential narratives in a concise, theme-wise format. After each interview, participants also rated their pre- and post-intervention experiences on the ten themes using a fivepoint scale, generating two complementary datasets: narrative interpretations and ordinal intensity ratings. Tables were developed by extracting short, representative statements from each participant’s interview-based narrative summary and mapping them directly onto the ten pre-identified themes used in the deductive framework. It offered a structured overview of how each participant described their experiences for every theme before and after the Half-Smile Mindfulness Meditation. The result shows significantly improved the new intervention according to the data.
Keywords: Pure consciousness, Half-smile mindfulness meditation & therapy.
