Introduction
I. The Challenge of Depression
1. Depression Casts a Long Shadow
2. Why Do People Who Have Recovered from Depression Relapse?
3. Developing Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
II. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
4. Doing and Being
5. The Eight-Session Program: How and Why
6. The Preclass Participant Interview
7. Awareness and Automatic Pilot: Session 1
8. Kindness and Self-Compassion in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive
Therapy
9. Living in Our Heads: Session 2
10. Gathering the Scattered Mind: Session 3
11. Recognizing Aversion: Session 4
12. Inquiring into Practice and Practicing Inquiry
13. Allowing/Letting Be: Session 5
14. Thoughts Are Not Facts: Session 6
15. A Day of Mindful Practice
16. How Can I Best Take Care of Myself?: Session 7
17. Maintaining and Extending New Learning: Session 8
18. Reprise: The 3-Minute Breathing Space as the Spine of the
Program
III. Evaluation and Dissemination
19. Does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Work?
20. How Does Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Achieve Its
Effects?
21. Moving the Program Off the Page and into the Clinic: Supports
for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Instructors and Their
Patients
Epilogue
Audio Downloads
1. Welcome and Introduction (0:30)
2. Raisin Exercise (9:13)
3. Body Scan (37:47)
4. 10-Minute Sitting Meditation--Mindfulness of the Breath
(11:20)
5. Mindful Movement--Formal Practice (38:25)
6. Stretch and Breath Meditation (40:41)
7. Mindful Walking (32:24)
8. 3-Minute Breathing Space--Regular Version (4:08)
9. 3-Minute Breathing Space--Responsive Version (4:58)
10. 20-Minute Sitting Meditation (20:32)
11. Sitting Meditation (36:46)
12. Working with Difficulty Meditation (24:08)
13. Bells at 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 15 Minutes, and 30 Minutes
(30:32)
Zindel Segal, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology in
Mood Disorders at the University of Toronto–Scarborough. He is
Director of Clinical Training in the Clinical Psychological Science
Program and is also Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr.
Segal has conducted influential research into the psychological
processes that make certain people more vulnerable than others to
developing depression and experiencing recurrent episodes. He
actively advocates for the relevance of mindfulness-based clinical
care in psychiatry and mental health. He collaborated with John
Teasdale and Mark Williams in developing mindfulness-based
cognitive therapy (MBCT) to prevent relapse and recurrence in major
depression; together, they coauthored Mindfulness-Based Cognitive
Therapy for Depression, Second Edition (for mental health
professionals), as well as the self-help guides The Mindful Way
Workbook and (with Jon Kabat-Zinn) The Mindful Way through
Depression.
Mark Williams, DPhil, is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology
at the University of Oxford, having been Wellcome Principal
Research Fellow at Oxford from 2003 to 2012 and at Bangor
University from 1991 to 2002. He collaborated with John Teasdale
and Zindel Segal in developing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
(MBCT) to prevent relapse and recurrence in major depression;
together, they coauthored Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for
Depression, Second Edition (for mental health professionals), as
well as the self-help guides The Mindful Way Workbook and (with Jon
Kabat-Zinn) The Mindful Way through Depression. Dr. Williams is
also coauthor of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at
Risk of Suicide (for mental health professionals). He is a Fellow
of the British Psychological Society, the Academy of Medical
Sciences and the British Academy. Now retired, he continues to live
near Oxford, to teach mindfulness to teachers-in-training across
the world, and to explore, with colleagues, how mindfulness might
be used in evidence-based public policy.
John Teasdale, PhD, held a Special Scientific Appointment with the
United Kingdom Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain
Sciences Unit in Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy
and the Academy of Medical Sciences. He collaborated with Mark
Williams and Zindel Segal in developing mindfulness-based cognitive
therapy (MBCT) to prevent relapse and recurrence in major
depression; together, they coauthored Mindfulness-Based Cognitive
Therapy for Depression, Second Edition (for mental health
professionals), as well as the self-help guides The Mindful Way
Workbook and (with Jon Kabat-Zinn) The Mindful Way through
Depression. Since retiring, Dr. Teasdale has taught mindfulness and
insight meditation internationally. He continues to explore and
seek to understand the wider implications of mindfulness and
meditation for enhancing our way of being.
"MBCT is a major achievement. Based on a coherent body of
experimental work, the treatment has proven its worth in reducing
the recurrence of depression and, as a consequence, changing the
future prospects of numerous people whose lives are blighted by
repeated episodes of this disabling condition. This second edition
will be widely welcomed by practitioners; every chapter has been
updated and numerous new practical aids have been added, including
downloadable practice exercises and handouts. Thoroughly
recommended."--David M. Clark, DPhil, Professor and Chair of
Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
"Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression is the gold
standard for anyone who wants to learn this powerful approach. The
second edition brings this classic up to date, making it the
state-of-the-art guide for therapists and students alike."--Daniel
Goleman, PhD, author of Emotional Intelligence "I love this book.
More than a book, actually, it is a trusted friend. If you are
dedicated to helping vulnerable people stay well and protect
themselves from future episodes of depression, you will find what
you need here. The program is grounded in rigorous clinical
research, sound theory, and an unwavering conviction about the
possibility of learning to live each moment fully and wisely. The
core building blocks from the first edition remain--step-by-step
descriptions of each session, including transcripts, handouts, and
rich case illustrations--but there are countless new treasures as
well. The themes of many of the sessions have been refined in ways
that bring the curriculum even closer to the lived experience of
people struggling with recurrent depression. This book stands as an
exemplar of how to integrate clinical innovation, science, and
practice."--Sona Dimidjian, PhD, Department of Psychology and
Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder
"What began as a thoughtful new approach to treating depression
over a decade ago has since changed the face of cognitive therapy.
In this truly outstanding second edition, the authors offer
crystal-clear instructions for teaching the MBCT program. Important
new chapters have been added on embodying compassion and practicing
inquiry in the teaching process. The authors review the impressive
research on MBCT and offer reflections on how it actually works.
Clinicians of all theoretical orientations and levels of experience
will discover insights and practical skills that can have a vital
impact on how they practice psychotherapy."--Christopher Germer,
PhD, private practice, Arlington, Massachusetts
"Superb! The authors describe their evidence-based maintenance
therapy for depression in great detail, while telling an engrossing
(and well-referenced) story of how they developed their approach.
Fascinating reading."--Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD, Distinguished
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Palo Alto University
"A defining resource in the burgeoning arena of mindfulness-based
therapies. The second edition incorporates new evidence from both
clinical trials and neuroscientific studies of the mind, continuing
the story of discovery of the mindfulness path out of chronic
depression. Presented is up-to-date conceptual and clinical
material that reflects the experience and wisdom of the authors,
their colleagues, and the many individuals who have benefited from
MBCT. As a graduate textbook for a course on either major
depression or psychotherapeutic uses of meditation, this volume
illustrates the theory and application of mindfulness-based
approaches in an elegant and always readable manner."--Jean L.
Kristeller, PhD, Department of Psychology, Indiana State
University
"Warmly written, accessible, and deeply insightful. This landmark
book has played a key role in making mindfulness a central concern
in clinical practice. The up-to-date second edition not only
summarizes the extraordinary expansion of research evidence, but
also is immensely practical and filled with clinical wisdom.
Important, too, is its emphasis on compassion. A 'must' for all
therapists interested in mindfulness."--Paul Gilbert, PhD, Centre
for Compassion Research and Training, University of Derby, United
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