Mindfulness Approaches in Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- new and-emerging-areas
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Vol. 36 (6), 659-666
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1352465808004827
Abstract
Mindfulness is the latest addition to the armamentarium of cognitive behavioral therapists. Mindfulness methods from the wisdom traditions, as well as from current psychological theories, are beginning to be used as cognitive behavioral strategies for alleviating psychological distress and for personal transformation. The use of mindfulness as a clinical tool is in its infancy, with attendant growing pains in theory, research and practice. We briefly discuss the historical context of the use of mindfulness, recent developments in theory, research and practice, and future developments. We conclude that mindfulness shows a lot of promise as a clinical treatment modality, but there are inherent pitfalls in the developing approaches.Keywords
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