The Buddhist philosophy from which mindfulness-based approaches originate proposes a
system of understanding whereby inherent suffering stems from attachment to a rigid and
unchanging concept of self. Though this notion of selfhood is afforded centrality within such
traditions, as well as having been a predominant concern in the history of theoretical
psychology, our modern research interests and clinical applications have seemingly preferred to
focus on operationalisable constructs, such is their relative amenity to empirical study, whilst at
the same time, an interest in the clinical application of mindfulness is abound.