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The practice of psychotherapy for the alleviation of client suffering places high demands on practitioners, since the self of the psychotherapist is instrumental in the healing process. This chapter introduces the dual practices of mindfulness and lovingkindness, suggesting that together they can provide the means for psychotherapists to develop their capacity to be both present and compassionate with their clients. It also explores the potential of the integrated mindheart training practices to develop the capacity for psychotherapists to be present with and compassionate toward their clients, while, at the same time, nourishing psychotherapists' own wellbeing and acting as a protective factor against potential burnout and vicarious trauma. From the Buddhist view, the essential connection between self and other is the fact of suffering, the shared condition that links human beings across …