Mindfulness Based CBT

[sukurux]

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This will most likely be my orientation of choice. I was wondering if anyone else had the same interest. What are your thoughts? Do you think it works? Are you a practicing Buddhist or someone mildly interested? What do you think the future holds for this field?

 

[Anon15]

This sounds very familiar to DBT, developed by Marsha Linehan aimed to treat individuals with BPD. In regards to its effectiveness, it works very well.

 

[KillerDiller]

A professor at my school was instrumental in developing this technique. From what I hear, it works very well.

 

[73BARMYPgsp]

It's called Acceptance and Committment Therapy. It is an offshoot of Cognitive Processing Therapy, both of which are basically what happens when CBT meets PTSD.

There is now evidence that it works for a lot of other things as well.

Do a google search for ACT. I am at the National Center for PTSD, and I could put you in touch with some of the original researchers.

 

[LM02]

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is not the same as ACT. MBCT was developed by Segal and Teasdale - ACT is all Steve Hayes.

However, along with DBT and BA, they both fall into what is currently being called the "third wave" of behavioral therapies...

 

[sukurux]

A professor at my school was instrumental in developing this technique. From what I hear, it works very well.

Interesting, whats your professors name?

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is not the same as ACT. MBCT was developed by Segal and Teasdale - ACT is all Steve Hayes.

However, along with DBT and BA, they both fall into what is currently being called the "third wave" of behavioral therapies...

Yeah i read they run a group in the UK if I remember correctly. Only if I wasn't a poor grad student 🙄 I need to read up on DBT cuz I hear the word thrown around a lot at school, but don't really know what it is.

 

[KillerDiller]

Interesting, whats your professors name?

You know, in looking into this further I may have been mistaking. The professor I was thinking of is named Sue Orsillo, and she does a lot of work with MCBT in her research, but the therapy she was involved in developing is acceptance-based behavior therapy, I think.

 

[socialcog]

I went to see Phillippe Goldin, a Stanford post-doc, about MBSR and mindfulness meditation and the neuroscience behind them. Here is the site to his lab.

http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~caan/index.html

He has worked with James Gross and Richie Davidson.

 

[sukurux]

I went to see Phillippe Goldin, a Stanford post-doc, about MBSR and mindfulness meditation and the neuroscience behind them. Here is the site to his lab.

http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~caan/index.html

He has worked with James Gross and Richie Davidson.

oh cool, Goldin is involved in a lot of work that i would like to be doin in the near future, especially the effects of mindfulness on the child-parent interaction. i feel like this area hasn't been researched enough.

kinda off topic, but i actually had a dream about trying to figure out the most optimal time to teach a child mindfulness and emotion regulation. yeah, i'm pretty boring in my waking and dreaming life 😴

 

[socialcog]

oh cool, Goldin is involved in a lot of work that i would like to be doin in the near future, especially the effects of mindfulness on the child-parent interaction. i feel like this area hasn't been researched enough.

kinda off topic, but i actually had a dream about trying to figure out the most optimal time to teach a child mindfulness and emotion regulation. yeah, i'm pretty boring in my waking and dreaming life 😴

that would be an interesting study- to examine at what point in development can one employ mindfulness in ER. I would so read that. Moreover, those with atypical development (ie: autism or fragile X) and what mechanisms enable those to benefit from mindfulness based therapies. GET TO WORK! 🙂

 

[Chimed]

There are two counselors in the addiction program at my residency that are using mindfullness with our patients. Although I have experience with meditation practices and Buddhist theories (I'm not Buddhist, but I was a Religious Studies Major before med school), I have yet to see it practiced in with Axis I DO's until now. I haven't yet learned from them as I just started in the addictions clinic, but have been told it works well. In theory, it seems like a perfect adjunct with CBT.

 

[toby jones]

You might enjoy this:

"Neuroplasticity and the power of mental force"

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Brain-Neuroplasticity-Power-Mental/dp/0060988479

The guy is a psychiatrist, but he writes about how mindfulness based practices alter neurology (breaking the OCD circuit is his favourite example). Quite an enjoyable read.

 

[sukurux]

Cool. I just bought the book. Can't wait to read it. I'm in the midst of reading The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness by Yongey Rinpoche Mingyur. I highly recommend it.

You might enjoy this:

"Neuroplasticity and the power of mental force"

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Brain-Neuroplasticity-Power-Mental/dp/0060988479

The guy is a psychiatrist, but he writes about how mindfulness based practices alter neurology (breaking the OCD circuit is his favourite example). Quite an enjoyable read.

 

[sukurux]

Additionally, I came across this youtube video of a discussion on meditation and its effects on the brain and behavior. Definately worth checking out.

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=down+to+a+science+meditation

I wish they had science cafes in my area =/