What is Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy?
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, or MBCT, was developed by Dr.’s Segal, Williams and Teasdale and is a treatment to break the cycle of chronic depression and unhappiness once and for all. Research indicates that after one episode of depression the probability of another is 50%; after two episodes it rises to 70-80%. MBCT teaches those with chronic depression how to sidestep the mental habits that lead to despair, rumination and self-blame by incorporating skills from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy.