This article is part 2 in a series of articles on mindfulness in counseling and psychotherapy. The article discusses the way in which are ability to think can be both a gift and a problem. Meditation is offered as a tool which cultivates ones ability to see ones thoughts as objects or mental events. With this skill one can choose to distance themselves from thought objects  are deemed to be unhelpful. The result is a less cluttered mind. ( meditation, mindfulness, counseling service, pscyhotherapy service, anxiety therapy, depression therapy)