ABSTRACT

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is increasingly used in therapeutic practice. It encourages clients to process experience without judgement as it arises, helping them to change their relationship with challenging thoughts and feelings, and accept that, even though difficult things may happen, it is possible to work with these in new ways.

This book provides a basis for understanding the key theoretical and practical features of MBCT. Focusing on a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy programme that is offered in a group context to those who are vulnerable to depressive relapses, the text is divided into 30 distinctive features that characterise the approach.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features provides a concise, straightforward summary for professionals and trainees in the field. Its easy-to-use format will appeal to both experienced practitioners and newcomers with an interest in MBCT.

part |2 pages

Part 1 THE Distinctive Theoretical Features of MBCT

chapter 4|6 pages

The signi®cance of automatic pilot

chapter 5|4 pages

Modes of mind: ``doing''

chapter 9|6 pages

Modes of mind: ``being''

chapter 10|4 pages

Body sensationsÐa door into the present

chapter 11|6 pages

Ways of Approaching and Welcoming What is

chapter 13|4 pages

Awareness as a Container of Our Experience

chapter 15|6 pages

The MBCT Evidence Base

part |2 pages

Part 2 The Distinctive Practical Features of MBCT

chapter 16|12 pages

Course Content and Structure

chapter 17|4 pages

Session Themes

chapter 18|4 pages

Assessment and Orientation

chapter 19|4 pages

Eating a Raisin with Awareness

chapter 20|4 pages

Body Scan Practice

chapter 21|6 pages

Mindful Movement Practice

chapter 22|4 pages

Sitting Meditation Practice

chapter 23|6 pages

The Three Minute Breathing Space

chapter 24|4 pages

The Importance of Home Practice

chapter 25|4 pages

Mindfulness Practice in Everyday Life

chapter 26|4 pages

Pleasant and Unpleasant Experiences

chapter 27|6 pages

Cognitive Behavioural Curriculum Elements

chapter 28|6 pages

Investigating Experience

chapter 29|6 pages

The MBCT Learning Environment

chapter 30|10 pages

Teaching Through Embodiment