Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Dummies

By: Patrizia Collard

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's Summary

Stay in the present and build a happier future.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Dummies takes you through the eight-week MBCT course, using the principles of mindfulness to complement established CBT techniques. You'll discover how using MBCT can help lower your risk of relapsing into depression and reduce the risk of other mental health disorders including anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem.

• Provides a solid foundation for positive mental health
• The downloadable audio files contain guided meditations, a core feature of the MBCT program
• MBCT works as an excellent supplement to therapy and may reduce the need for medication

If you suffer from depression, anxiety, insomnia, or a host of other mental health disorders, let Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Dummies keep you in the present and build a happier future.

©2013 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. (P)2014 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.

MBCT works

I liked the thesis, tools, and techniques of MBCT in bringing change in individuals ' life. It works.

Not the best representation of MBCT

Despite my subpar ratings, I'm a fan and big advocate of MBCT. I've actually gotten scary good results from the program. Good enough that I looked deeper into it using this book. That was a mistake.

I heard many good things about "The mindful way through depression" and decided to give it a shot. Great book and I recommend it to anybody reading this. For starters, it has actually recordings of the eight week program for you to listen to while this doesn't. It just tells you what to do and sends you on your way. TIP: For anybody writing any kind of book on mindfulness or meditation, always include guided meditation audio!!!

The "for dummies" series usually contains plenty of information. Too much if anything. This one seems lazily done.

Finally, I think I have a problem with calling this MBCT. Mindfulness based cognitive therapy implies and most people think that it's mindfulness combined with CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) and it's not. There is NO CBT in the MBCT program...any of them. CBT is getting rightfully popular and I almost feel like the name is meant to mislead people into thinking this is the ultimate combination of the two. I think it should be called CTBM or cognitive therapy based mindfulness. All this is is the very deep rabbit hole of mindfulness trimmed down to what most people would consider doing without it being too out there or weird or spiritual.

In a perfect world, this should actually just be the beginners program. I got many benefits from the program that i looked deeper into mindfulness and found plenty more that is potentially very helpful when used properly. The problem and the reason I think it's left out here is because it's too weird for most people who are being introduced to mindfulness. They just won't do it.

In an even more perfect world, actual CBT would added to mindfulness to create the real combination of these two. They both work great and compliment each other well. I almost think there's an invisible war going on between mindfulness and CBT to see which one is better and that prevents the real combination of the two from existing. Until then, we'll have to do the combining ourselves. To do that, I recommend the mindful way through depression over this book and don't really have a go to book on CBT, but the cognitive behavioral therapy for dummies book is a nice start. Certainly a better representative of the series than this one was.

give it a chance

I finally finished it great point help hint into stopping stress I credit gone but mind full of ways to cope in a very stressful time

Good, Not Clinical

Would you listen to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Dummies again? Why?

Yes, I would listen to it again. However, as a clinician, I expected the book to have a more clinical bent. This is quite possibly a mistake on my part since the book is in the Dummy series.

What three words best describe Gordon Griffin’s voice?

OK British Enunciated

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really

Any additional comments?

Good basic book on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

Excellent practical introduction to MBCT

This book is so easy to connect with. It’s written completely in the spirit of Mindfulness - with kindness and compassion. I bought the Audible version and the narrator has such a lovely tone. So many practical tips and techniques to help you to adopt this practice into your daily routines. Thoroughly recommended as an introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation.

Great lessons well structured

this is good for complete novices or instructors who just want fresh ways of practicing or guiding clients through their mindfulness journey. no matter whether you are well seasoned in the practices or looking for a fresh approach.