Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition

This bestselling work, now in a new edition, has introduced tens of thousands of clinicians to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression (MBCT), an eight-week program with proven effectiveness. Step by step, the authors explain the "whys" and "how-tos" of conducting mindfulness practices and cognitive interventions that have been shown to bolster recovery from depression and prevent relapse. Clinicians are also guided to practice mindfulness themselves, an essential prerequisite to teaching others. More than 40 reproducible handouts are included. Book purchasers get access to a companion Web page featuring downloadable audio recordings of the guided mindfulness practices (meditations and mindful movement), plus all of the reproducibles, ready to download and print in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. A separate Web page for use by clients features the audio recordings only. New to This Edition Incorporates a decade's worth of developments in MBCT clinical practice and training. Chapters on additional treatment components: the pre-course interview and optional full-day retreat. Chapters on self-compassion, the inquiry process, and the three-minute breathing space. Findings from multiple studies of MBCT's effectiveness and underlying mechanisms. Includes studies of adaptations for treating psychological and physical health problems other than depression. Audio files of the guided mindfulness practices, narrated by Dr. Segal, on two separate Web pages-one for professionals, together with the reproducibles, and one just for clients.

Zindel V. Segal, PhD, is the Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and is Head of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Dr. Segal is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and a long-time advocate for the relevance of mindfulness-based clinical care in psychiatry and mental health. J. Mark G. Williams, DPhil, is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He is also Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre in the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Williams is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, and the Association for Psychological Science. John D. Teasdale, PhD, formerly held a Special Scientific Appointment with the UK Medical Research Council\u2019s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. Dr. Teasdale is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences. Since retiring, he has taught insight meditation internationally.

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. Pausing for Reflection: 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