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What is MBCT?
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy was derived from the original
program created by Jon Kabat - Zinn , which is known as
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This form of therapy
has been shown to be extremely effective at liberating and
empowering clients with various medical ailments, including
hypertension, chronic pain, and cancer. In addition, this method
works equally as well to relieve the symptoms of various
psychological issues including anxiety and panic. The original
platform was designed to address the needs of people who suffered
from multiple events of depression. Fellow developers include Zindel
V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams , John D. Teasdale, Bruno Cayoun.

Method and process of MBCT
The technique is applied through an eight week regimen of therapy
courses, as well as at home audio cues that teach clients the art of
mindfulness meditation. Clients gain an ability to realign themselves
away from their thoughts and feelings and focus instead on the
occurring changes in their body and mind through yoga, meditation
and breathing.
While undergoing this form of therapy, a client is instructed to
recognize their sense of being and to see themselves as separate from
their thoughts and moods. This disconnect allows a client to become
liberated from obsessi ve thought patterns that often replay the same
negative messages over and over. Rather than being forced to live the
mood, the client gains an awareness of the separation and begins to
understand that they are in the present moment and the mood is
actively existing, albeit at the same time, but not in the same
dimension. This insight affords the client the opportunity to heal
themselves by interjecting positive thoughts and responses to the
moods in order to disarm them.
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