Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) incorporates CBT with mindfulness practices that include present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises. It was specifically developed to help people who suffer repeated episodes of depression to help prevent relapse. MBCT was developed by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams and John Teasdale and based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme.

MBCT, helps people to move away from automatic negative responses toward an understanding that there are other ways to respond to difficult situations. learning that they are not their thought patterns.

MBCT involves 8 weekly classes, plus an all-day session held at around week 6. A set of Guided Meditations accompany the programme, so that participants can practise daily between sessions throughout the course.

There are currently no MBCT courses running, if however you would like to find out more please contact us.