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Category: Relapse Prevention

The Guest House

February 17, 2011

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently…

New Evidence For Mindfulness Therapy

January 8, 2011

Just when I thought the whole mindfulness phenomenon couldn’t get any bigger, a new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests that mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) may be just as effective in preventing relapse in depression as…

Don’t Meditate!

January 5, 2011

For the past year I have had the distinct pleasure and privilege of participating in a mentoring group lead by Zindel Segal, PhD, and Patricia Rockman, MD. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, developed by Dr. Zindel Segal and colleagues, combines tools of…