- Mar
- 23
- 2022
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Affect Regulation In Mood and Anxiety Disorders
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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy is constructed from seemingly disparate elements – training in mindfulness meditation offered alongside cognitive theory of affective disorder. It has amassed a strong evidence in both reducing symptom burden and fostering wellness. At present, the question of how exactly this multi-modal treatment achieves its benefits remains largely unanswered. It is still fair to ask, for example, about the relative contribution of cognitive therapy principles versus mindfulness practice to the gains patients report. Clarifying mechanisms of action is of more than academic interest, as it will likely inform models of training for the generation of MBCT practitioners along with building a transtheoretical model of how mindfulness based programs work.
About Speaker
Zindel Segal, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorders at the University of Toronto Scarborough. An award winning clinical psychologist and continuously funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, his program of research characterized psychological markers of relapse vulnerability in affective disorder which, in turn, provided an empirical rationale for offering training in mindfulness meditation to recurrently depressed patients in recovery. An author of over 10 books and 180 scientific publications, including The Mindful Way Through Depression – a patient guide for achieving mood balance in everyday life – Dr. Segal continues to advocate for the relevance of mindfulness-based clinical care in psychiatry and mental health.