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Outline

MBCT has foundations and principles.

• Why combine Mindfulness and CBT?
• The evidence for MBCT
• The neurological evidence
• Adaptation and Expansion of CBT Principles
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

The core techniques of MBCT.

• Mindfulness Techniques in MBCT
  • The Body Scan
  • Three-Minute Breathing Space
  • Mindful Stretching techniques
  • Daily Mindfulness techniques
  • Sitting with Difficult feelings
  • Mindful Inquiry – The Crucial Step of Processing Post-Exercise
• CBT Practices Applied in MBCT
  • Behavioral experiments, Exposure therapy, The ABC model and thought and feeing records
  • Identifying relapse signatures
  • Relapse prevention plans

There are instructions for step-by-step guided exercise.

The curriculum for 8 sessions of MBCT.

There is a way to develop awareness.

• Session 1 – Stepping out of Auto Pilot Mode
  • The difference between thinking and experiencing
  • Techniques for everyday activities
• Session 2 – Realizing the Impact of our “Judging Mind”
  • Incorporating the ABC model for how thoughts and feelings interact
  • Noticing pleasant events and how they affect us
• Session 3 – Bringing us to the Present Moment
  • Mindful breathing and body techniques
  • Notice unpleasant events and how we react
  • Exploring and relating differently to uncomfortable experiences

What can we do to be present with our experiences?

• Session 4 – Staying present rather than chasing or ignoring experiences
  • Techniques to recognize aversions and work through them
  • Conscious choice versus automatic reactions
• Session 5 – Accept and Let Things Be
  • How to recognize and let go of the wasted energy of struggling with reality
  • Exposure practice for moving through difficult experiences
• Session 6 – Realizing Thoughts are Not Facts
  • The science of how the human brain gives distressing thoughts about their power
  • How fighting thoughts can make them worse
  • Tools for taking the power away from negative thoughts

How to make good choices.

• Session 7 – Self-Care Plans and Avoiding Relapse
  • How daily activities affect mood
  • Catch the early warning signs
  • Activities and exercises to incorporate into daily life
• Session 8 – Maintain and Personalize MBCT Practices
  • How to maintain client engagement
  • Adapting techniques to the client for long term success

There are MBCT-based interventions.

Trauma

• Relating differently to intrusive thoughts and feelings
• Memory reconsolidation to reprogram old reactions

Anxiety

• How ruminations and worries are negatively reinforced
• Exposure to body sensations to break through the extinction burst
• How to utilize mindfulness even during a panic attack

There is chronic pain.

• Tease apart thoughts and reactions from physical pain
• Create a life worth living and bringing the pain along for the ride

Stress

• How long-term stress affects short-term crises
• Harness the energy of the stress response

Depression

• Urge surfing – “riding the waves” versus struggling
• Chain analysis – find and change the causes of relapse

Children and adolescents.

• Recognize choice points
• The snow globe analogy for working with swirling thoughts

Faculty

Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP

Director

Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation

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Richard Sears is a PsyD. He is a licensed psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), runs a private psychology and consultation practice, and is the Director of the Center for ClinicalMindfulness and meditation. He is a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the UC College of Medicine, as well as a clinical assistant professor at the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology.

His recent books include: There is cognitive behavioral therapy. (PESI, 2017). Enriching your life in this moment is one of the benefits of living through challenges. The book is Wiley-Blackwell. There are perspectives on religion and spirituality. There is a PR Press. It is necessary to build competence in cognitive therapy. (Routledge, 2015). Cognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. The book is called (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016). Dr. Sears is the lead author. Clinical practice hasMindfulness in it. The PR Press was published in 2011. Mental health professionals have consultation skills. The book was published in 2005.

Dr. Sears once served as a personal protection agent for the Dalai Lama with his teacher. He received ordination in three traditions and was given transmission as a Zen master after studying the Eastern Wisdom traditions for 30 years.

Speaker disclosures.

Richard Sears is a professor at the University of Cincinnati. He is paid by PESI, Inc.

Richard Sears is a fellow of the American Board of Clinical Psychology and a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology.