Lovingkindness meditation practice has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing social biases toward culturally stigmatized groups such as Black people and homeless people. 

Impacts of Lovingkindness Meditation on Intergroup Biases toward Black and Homeless Populations

 A previous study has investigated how LKM practice could change the way trainee therapists relate to themselves, others, and their clinical work.

Lovingkindness Meditation for Therapists in Training

- Racial minorities
- Homeless population
- Psychological therapists in training

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Lovingkindness meditation is a type of meditation during which the individual focuses on a phrase that encourages the intention to be loving and kind towards the self and others.

Lovingkindness Meditation

Kang, Y., Gray, J. R., & Dovidio, J. F. (2014). The nondiscriminating heart: Lovingkindness meditation training decreases implicit intergroup bias. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(3), 1306–1313. 

The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias

Boellinghaus, I., Jones, F. W., & Hutton, J. (2013). Cultivating self-care and compassion in psychological therapists in training: The experience of practicing loving-kindness meditation. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 7(4), 267–277. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033092

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