Mindful
Therapeutic
Techniques
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of action oriented mindful psychotherapy that helps you stay focused on the present moment and accept thoughts and feelings without judgment is appropriate responses to certain situations. It aims to help you move forward through difficult emotions so you can put your energy into behavior change and creating a rich and meaningful life consistent with your deepest values .
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a modified form of Cognitive Therapy (CT). Mindfulness practices are incorporated into CT. They include present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises. Using these tools, you learn to be in the here and now as well as break away from negative thought patterns that can cause a decline into a mood-disorder state; this therapy can help you fight off a difficult frame of mind before it takes hold.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) designed to resolve perceived opposing emotions, thoughts and realities. Its main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment through mindfulness, develop healthy ways to cope with stress using distress tolerance skills, regulate their emotions with specific strategies and improve their relationships with others by utilizing communication techniques.
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) helps those in recovery from addiction use mindful awareness to manage automatic and unhelpful reactions to thoughts and events. It teaches practices designed to help you pause, observe present experience, and bring awareness to the range of choices for each of us in every moment. By changing your relationship to discomfort by learning to recognize challenging emotional and physical experiences you're able to respond to them and more skillful ways.
"Music is the space between the notes."
-Claude Debussy-
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-Claude Debussy-
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Everyday mindfulness practice helps to identify and develop the quiet spaces in life where meaning grows.