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Introduction to Mindfulness - Dean Amory

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Long-term skills from MBCT<br />

Participants are armed with knowledge regarding depression as an<br />

illness, and are given additional <strong>to</strong>ols <strong>to</strong> combat their depressive<br />

symp<strong>to</strong>ms as they arise. This form of therapy is often used in<br />

conjunction with other therapies and treatments in order <strong>to</strong> facilitate<br />

a complete and rapid progression <strong>to</strong> healing. Clients who use this<br />

technique will often be able <strong>to</strong> revert <strong>to</strong> these methods in times of<br />

distress or when they are faced with situations that cause them <strong>to</strong> lose<br />

their sense of separation from their thoughts.<br />

Mindful way through depression<br />

Source:<br />

http://www.beatingthebeast.com/forum/index.php?show<strong>to</strong>pic=24868<br />

'Beating The Beast" is an Online Depression Support Community<br />

What follows is “Darkages’ ‘ initial contribution made <strong>to</strong> the blog's<br />

<strong>to</strong>pic "<strong>Mindfulness</strong> and MBCT - a summary", which was started by<br />

"Darkages" on February 3, 2009.<br />

The following are the rough notes "Darkages" <strong>to</strong>ok while reading<br />

through "the Mindful Way Through Depression", by Teasdale, Zinn,<br />

and others.<br />

The book describes <strong>Mindfulness</strong> Based Cognitive Therapy, which is a<br />

successful blend between mindfulness (aka Buddhist meditation<br />

without the Buddhism bit) and CBT or Cognitive Behavioural<br />

therapy. I say successful as two studies indicate that in people with<br />

recurrent depression (3 episodes or mode), MBCT about halves the<br />

probability of further relapse, e.g. from 70% <strong>to</strong> 35%.<br />

Little disclaimer by “Darkages”: this is all copyright Teasdale et al.<br />

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