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Is mindfulness safe to use in therapy?
Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Jun 21, 2016
Is mindfulness safe to use in therapy?
Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Jun 21, 2016

It’s fair to say that therapists of many stripes have integrated mindfulness meditation, either through the use of well-developed protocols, such as MBCT, or the integration of specific practices, such as the 3-Minute Breathing Space, into their clinical practices. But do we know, as is the case for pharmaceutical treatments, whether there are problematic side effects associated with its use?

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Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Jun 21, 2016
Beth Litchfield
Jun 14, 2016
Motivation in MBCT: Notifications
Beth Litchfield
Jun 14, 2016

For the final post in our Motivation in MBCT series, we look at mobile app notifications. 

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Beth Litchfield
Jun 14, 2016
Lessons learned from teaching mindfulness in school
Lesley Cullis
Jun 10, 2016
Lessons learned from teaching mindfulness in school
Lesley Cullis
Jun 10, 2016

Here are three strategies that can strengthen anyone's mindfulness practice, be it your own or a client's. 

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Lesley Cullis
Jun 10, 2016
Bridget Baum
May 27, 2016
Go offline to make the most of our online training
Bridget Baum
May 27, 2016

Users of MBCT and MMBPro may be surprised to see that we encourage them to take time away from our course and to split up sessions by a few weeks. We used this approach because using the practice first in therapists’ own lives is such an important part of learning it.

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Bridget Baum
May 27, 2016
Tiffany Svitko
May 18, 2016
Mainstream mindfulness vs. MBCT
Tiffany Svitko
May 18, 2016

Mindfulness has become a pretty huge buzzword in the last few years. Search the term and you’ll end up with so many different articles, opinions, ideas, and ways to implement the practice that it can become overwhelming.

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Tiffany Svitko
May 18, 2016
Mindfulness and PTSD: How MBCT can help
Bridget Baum
Apr 28, 2016
Mindfulness and PTSD: How MBCT can help
Bridget Baum
Apr 28, 2016

The increasing number of veterans returning from tours of duty leads to an increased awareness of PTSD and its symptoms. Mindfulness is becoming increasingly well known also, if only at the most basic level of its definition. But how do the two relate to each other?

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Bridget Baum
Apr 28, 2016
7 drivers of old habits of thinking
Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Apr 25, 2016
7 drivers of old habits of thinking
Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Apr 25, 2016

Our patterns of negative thinking are often based on old, well-practiced, automatic cognitive routines (often repetitive). They are motivated (usually ineffectively) by the goal of escaping/avoiding distressing feelings or problematic life situations. These unhelpful routines persist because we remain in a cognitive mode characterized by a number of features.

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Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Apr 25, 2016
MindfulNoggin Team
Apr 5, 2016
MindfulNoggin courses win Horizon Interactive Awards
MindfulNoggin Team
Apr 5, 2016

We are excited to announce that Mindful Mood Balance for Professionals and The 3-Minute Breathing Space have won four Horizon Interactive Awards.

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MindfulNoggin Team
Apr 5, 2016
Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Feb 29, 2016
Will MBCT enable me to stop taking my meds?
Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Feb 29, 2016

Participants in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy who are also taking antidepressants often wonder whether they will be able to come off their meds once the program is over or, for some, before or as they begin the MBCT program. 

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Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D.
Feb 29, 2016
Tiffany Svitko
Feb 26, 2016
Snacks, mindfulness, and a cat named Tom Petty
Tiffany Svitko
Feb 26, 2016

I’m not a therapist or an expert in mindfulness. I’m just a writer and comedian from Chicago with a soft spot for snacks and cats.

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Tiffany Svitko
Feb 26, 2016
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