Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) are treatments that emphasise mindfulness meditation as the primary therapeutic technique. MBCT and MBSR are used to interrupt patterns of ruminative cognitiveaffective processing that can lead to depressive relapse. In MBCT and MBSR, the emphasis is on changing the relationship to thoughts, rather than challenging them. The aim is to raise awareness at a metacognitive level so that an individual can fully experience cognitions and emotions that pass through the mind that may or may not be based on reality. The goal is not to change the dysfunctional thoughts but to experience them as being real in the present time and separate from the self