Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, MBCT, is a modified form of cognitive therapy that incorporates mindfulness practices that include present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises. This therapy was formulated to address depression.
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How Does MBCT Work?
- Mindfulness practice helps you to see more clearly the patterns of the mind; and to learn how to recognize when your mood is beginning to go down. This means you can ‘nip it in the bud” much earlier than before.
- Mindfulness can help you interrupt the automatic connection of negative mood, negative thinking and bodily sensations such as fatigue and “sluggishness” that often link, trigger or reactivate a downward mood spiral.
- Mindfulness allows you to “shift gears” from a mode of mind dominated by critical and judgmental thinking (likely to provoke and accelerate downward mood spirals) to another mode of mind in which you experience the world directly, non-conceptually and non-judgmentally.
- Mindfulness offers access to another approach to dealing with difficult emotions and moods.
- Through mindfulness, you can discover that difficult and unwanted thoughts and feelings can be held in awareness, and seen from an altogether different perspective – a perspective that brings with it a sense of warmth and compassion to the suffering you are experiencing.
- Mindfulness can help you learn how to be present and appreciate the simple pleasures of everyday life, connect with yourself, and the experience of being alive.
Health Conditions That Can Benefit From Mindfulness Therapy
Mindfulness therapy helps treat a range of mental and physical conditions. It can also address concerns beyond medical conditions
Some examples of the health and life benefits of mindfulness therapy include improved focus and memory, empathy and compassion, and increased overall quality of life.
Mindfulness therapy can be used for:
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Side effects of cancer
- Chronic illness (for example, respiratory conditions)
- Chronic pain (including arthritis)
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Heart disease
- Stress
- Depression
- Improved immune function
- Mental health (obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- Diabetes mellitus
Types of Mindfulness Therapy
Mindfulness therapy is a type of psychotherapy. There are also different types of mindfulness therapy, including mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy (MBSR). Additionally, mindfulness can be incorporated into other forms of therapy
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