Mindfulness & Acceptance

Third-Wave CBT Approaches

From around the 1990s onward, a number of “third-wave” approaches to cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) have become increasingly prominent that emphasis mindfulness and acceptance, in a manner often resembling Buddhist meditation practices.  These differ from traditional CBT in shifting emphasis  from the role of automatic thoughts on to one’s subsequent responses to them.  Several differently mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches developed around the same time in different parts of Britain and America.  They include:

• Metacognitive Therapy (MCT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

A growing body of scientific evidence now supports the efficacy of mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches in treating a variety of problems, particularly certain forms of anxiety and depression.

Blog Articles About Mindfulness & Acceptance

• How Fragile is Worry? October 31, 2012
  This short article lists a wide variety of brief cognitive-behavioural experiments that can be used to change your experience of worrying and to alter unhelpful attitudes toward it.The post How Fragile is Worry? appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Excerpt from Build your Resilience (2012) August 19, 2012
  An excerpt from the new book Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson, discussing approaches to improving psychological resilience.The post Excerpt from Build your Resilience (2012) appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness and Acceptance-based Exposure Therapy Recordings July 24, 2012
  There are two versions of an MP3 recording in this post, containing an exercise for mindfulness and acceptance-based imaginal exposure therapy.The post Mindfulness and Acceptance-based Exposure Therapy Recordings appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Browse Contents: Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson July 9, 2012
  Browse the contents of Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson online, free, via Google Books.The post Browse Contents: Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness Exposure Script June 29, 2012
  This is a short script for an audio recording of a mindfulness meditaiton exercise, incorporating elements of cognitive-behavioural exposure therapy.The post Mindfulness Exposure Script appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• ACT Video Exercise on Accepting Emotions June 29, 2012
  This is a brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) exercise for accepting emotions, in an embedded Youtube video.The post ACT Video Exercise on Accepting Emotions appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• The Attention Training Technique (ATT) June 28, 2012
  Handout for therapy clients describing the Attention Training Technique (ATT) used in Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) in detail.The post The Attention Training Technique (ATT) appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Developing your Emotional Resilience June 8, 2012
  An excerpt from the book Build your Resilience (2012), providing some basic questions to help you begin developing your personal resilience plan.The post Developing your Emotional Resilience appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• A Metacognitive Model of Depression May 16, 2012
  This article briefly outlines a metacognitive model of depression.The post A Metacognitive Model of Depression appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Appraisal of Obsessions & Compulsions May 14, 2012
  This article provides examples of questions potentially used in Metacognitive Therapy to help understand (conceptualise) obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).The post Appraisal of Obsessions & Compulsions appeared first on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in London. […]
  Solutions: London Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)