Bring the insights of mindfulness traditions into your work with depressed clients by:

• Distinguishing cognitive therapy and mindfulness practice
• Teaching them how to use the “3 Minute Breathing Space” and other skills as part of an 8-week group program
• Helping them cultivate choicefulness through meta-cognition and developing both narrow focus and wide-open awareness practices
• Guiding them to prepare a personalized Relapse Prevention Kit
• Developing your own mindfulness practice

OUTLINE

• Paying Attention to the Client's Thoughts without Getting Pulled Into Them
• Mindfulness and Depression
• Building the Capacity to Pay Attention
• The Breathing Space Exercise

OBJECTIVES

1. Distinguish between cognitive therapy and mindfulness practice.