Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

There are many clients who thrive with a structured and planned approach to the counseling process. For those that desire to follow an 8-week course of therapy, or for those who would like to attempt a course of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy on their own I am providing a free resource from a leader in Mindfulness Based Therapy, Elisha Goldstein. Using the Preliminary Client Handout for MBCT allows you to assist the work that we do together (if you are an existing or future client) or take your healing and growth into a self-led direction. The handout will prompt you to use a series of tapes, but in order for you to take on this program free I am collecting some guided mediations you can use to complete the MBCT protocol below. If you would like to purchase a quality workbook on MBCT that I have used personally and professionally, I recommend The Mindful Way Through Depression. You can use the collected mediations below in this workbook as well. If you have any questions about MBCT or a mindful approach to therapeutic healing and growth let’s talk, I can help.

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MEDITATIONS:

• BODY SCANS

  • Body Scan (30 minutes)

  • Body Scan (20 minutes)

  • MBCT Body Scan (26 Minutes)

• MINDFULNESS OF BREATH

  • Mindfulness of Breathing (10 minutes)

  • Awareness of Breath & Body (26 minutes)

  • Awareness of Breathing w/ intro (20 minutes)

  • Sitting: Mindfulness of Breathing (10 minutes)

• BREATHING SPACE

  • Breathing Space (3 minutes)

  • Breathing Space (5 minutes)

  • Three-Step Breathing Space (5 minutes)

• COPING/RESPONSIVE BREATHING SPACE

  • Responsive Breathing Space (5 minutes)

  • Coping Space w/ Instructions (4 minutes)

  • Three-Step Breathing Space (5 minutes)

  • SOBER Breathing Space (3 minutes)

• MINDFUL MOVEMENT/STRETCHING

  • Standing Stretching (29 minutes)

  • Mindful Stretching (10 minutes)

  • Mindful Stretching Practice (35 minutes)

  • Mindful Movement (35 minutes)

  • Mindful Movement (30 minutes)

  • Mindful Movement (9 minutes)

  • Floor Yoga (45 minutes)

• SITTING MEDITATION

  • Sitting Meditation (20 minute)

  • Mindful Sitting Practice (40 minutes)

  • MBCT Brief Sitting Practice