“At this point, there is so much research available that links mindfulness training to really key skills, such as the ability to direct and sustain attention, to tolerate and regulate affect, to be flexible in your thinking, to be open and...
“[Social workers] have to do it all. We have to understand what the human experiences are, and we have to bring those human experiences, either through ourselves but preferably through the people, to the halls of policy making. We bring that...