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In Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Dr. Zindel V. Segal demonstrates a mind–body approach to helping clients who have experienced depression to prevent a relapse into depressive symptoms. Depression poses an ongoing challenge to staying well because certain thought patterns, usually involving rumination or self-criticism, often lead back to depression. By teaching clients mindfulness exercises, Dr. Segal helps them to recognize these thought patterns and, by being aware of them, to find healthy ways to work with and adapt to them. In this group session, Dr. Segal talks with four clients who have experienced depression. He then leads them through a series of mindfulness exercises, followed by a discussion explaining the benefits of mindfulness practices as a way to avoid relapsing into depression.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy comes from spiritual traditions, but Dr. Segal's approach places less emphasis on spiritual practice and more on how these ancient wisdom traditions can be harnessed to enhance self-care. In essence, mindfulness is all about paying attention, whether the object of attention is one's breath, a raisin, or thoughts or emotions. Its application in cognitive therapy for depression is based on the Buddhist psychological view of the mind, which is that thoughts and emotions are objects that may be observed and that such observation leads to benefits such as being able to regulate affect more effectively.
Zindel V. Segal, PhD, is the Morgan Firestone Chair in Psychotherapy in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and the director of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Dr. Segal has studied and published widely on psychological treatments for depression for over 20 years. His most recent book Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression advocates for the relevance of mindfulness and acceptance practices to therapeutics in psychiatry and mental health. He is a widely respected teacher and workshop leader whose insights drawn from both the clinical research literature and his personal mindfulness practice are much lauded by patients and practitioners.
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