{"id":20768,"date":"2023-03-25T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=20768"},"modified":"2023-04-19T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:55:14","slug":"using-mindfulness-to-end-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/using-mindfulness-to-end-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Mindfulness to End Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our society has embraced Mindfulness, a core component of evidence-based Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). DBT teaches that Mindfulness skills emphasize balance and the dialectics of life. The ultimate goal of DBT<\/a> is to build a \u201clife worth living.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The first component of DBT is the principle of dialectics.\u00a0<\/span>Consider black-and-white thinking<\/span><\/a>. Dialectics is the shades of gray in between. The idea is that two opposing things can be true, which we all must eventually accept.<\/span><\/p>\n

The core of DBT is that there is a therapeutic alliance, where the professional and client are on the same level with no hierarchy, and any goals are to be agreed upon. In DBT professionals view each client as an ally. The two then work together for solutions to help the client.<\/span><\/p>\n

I ask that just as professionals and clients can come together in the therapeutic alliance, system leaders and people who are homeless can do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us at least begin with the advocates.<\/h2>\n

Instead of using current data, let me logically prove that system leaders alone cannot end homelessness. As insinuated previously, an alliance is where system leaders and lived experience advocates are on the same level with no hierarchy, and any goals are to be agreed upon.<\/span><\/p>\n

System leaders are to view lived experience advocates equitably, as consultants, as allies who work together in partnership for solutions to:<\/span><\/p>\n