“…Over the past twenty years there has been a growing body of family therapy literature that has focused on issues of spirituality and mindfulness in therapeutic practice (Blanton, ; Block‐Lerner et al ., ; Carson et al ., ; Gambrel and Keeling, ; Gehart and McCollum, ; Gehart and Pare, ; Germer et al ., ; Griffith and Griffith, ; Hick and Bien, ; Kabat‐Zinn, ; Krasner, ; Perez‐De‐Albeniz and Holmes, ; Rivett and Street, ; Surrey, ; Walsh, ). Much of this literature has focused on the importance of respecting and incorporating clients' beliefs in therapeutic work (Blanton, ; Griffith and Griffith, ; Rivett and Street, ), the enhancement of intimate relationship skills that mindfulness practices can offer (Barnes et al ., ; Burpee and Langer, ; Carson et al ., ; Gambrel and Keeling, ; Gehart and McCollum, ; Jacobson et al ., ; Pruitt and McCollum, ; Wachs and Cordova, ), the cultivation of curious and open co‐constructive and collaborative relationships between therapists and clients (Griffith and Griffith, ; Surrey, ; Walsh and Shapiro, ) and mindfulness as a method of enhancing parent–child relationships (Altmaier and Maloney, ; Bell, ; Block‐Lerner et al ., ; Dumas, ; Duncan et al ., ; Siegel and Hartzell, ).…”