Mindfulness-Based Treatment

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, or MBCT, is designed for people who suffer from repeated bouts of depression or chronic unhappiness. It combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness.

Recent research has shown that people who have been clinically depressed three or more times in their lives find that learning mindfulness-based skills helps considerably reduce their chances of depression returning.

What does MBCT help treat?

• Depression and anxiety
  
• Food and eating issues
  
• Low mood and negative thoughts
  
• Body sensations such as weariness and sluggishness
  
• Psychosis
  

If you can relate to any of the above issues, mindfulness-based therapy may be right for you. MBCT helps people separate themselves from their thoughts and moods and teaches them how to recognize their sense of being. It also aims to give participants the necessary tools to combat depressive symptoms as they arise.

Evidence indicates that mindfulness-based therapy may reduce the rate of depressive relapse by 50%. If you or someone you know may benefit from mindfulness-based therapy, please contact us today. We would be happy to speak with you about how we can help.