Mindfulness for Depression with Dr. Zindel Segal
On today’s episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick Hanson and I are joined by Dr. Zindel Segal to talk about Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an eight-week group therapy program designed to help those who suffer with chronic unhappiness and prevent relapse after episodes of severe clinical depression.
About our Guest: Dr. Segal is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto at Scarborough, and one of the creators of MBCT. He specializes in mood disorders, particularly depression, and has had an enourmous influence on the clinical adoption of mindfulness-based practices and their addition to more traditional forms of cognitive therapy.
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Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
2:00: Origins of MBCT
4:30: Why Segal prioritized studying mindfulness as an intervention to depression
7:10: Comparing MBCT with traditional CBT
10:20: What about depression makes us more reactive to thoughts and feelings?
13:15: Mindfulness of sadness vs direct experience
18:35: MBCT practices explained
23:10: Three minute breathing space exercise
31:00: Attentional control training
33:45: Managing feelings of inadequacy
39:00: Motivation and implicit compassion
43:15: Ongoing practices after the MBCT course
45:45: Creating access to mindfulness resources
48:15: Recap
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