Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (CBT Distinctive Features)

The first 50 pages of this book are so redundant I could cry - but I am already crying because I am depressed

This is approaching mainly professionals interested in integrating mindfulness into therapeutic settings and those will get the most out of it. As someone without a degree in psychology I fount it interesting as well. Especially, how it demystifies some aspects of eastern gnosticism. Everything is very clear in its presentation and truthful to its buddhist origin and practice - mostly zen- and chan lineages perspectives as far as possible. Here we have a phenomenological approach to the human psyche that is practical and combined with rigorous scientific testing. The concepts go deep and are presented in detail. Grasping all of this might take some heavy lifting for some as it is not tailored to be popular or watered down. Even practitioners of buddhist, taoist, hinduistic or sufi meditation can learn benificial guidance for practice. Albeit, the book doesn't claim or intend that.

I was heavily into this type of reading at one point and then went off on a different tact while trying to sort my own issues out, useful and helpful though a tad heavy for me at times.If you are into this type of therapy and need to discover the why's what's and how great, maybe a bit too much for a layman as I would now consider myself to be it is though of definite help for grounding.

Dabei wird die Grenze zwischen Wissenschaft - speziell (klinische) Psychologie und Psychotherapie - und Philosophie eingehalten. Die dargestellten Theorien fassen das wissenschaftlich abgesicherte Wissen zu Mindfulness, speziell MBCT, zusammen und versuchen das Phänomen Achtsamkeit, die Wirkungsweise, spezifische Methoden und Techniken zu erklären.Bezüge zur buddhistischen Philosophie werden genannt, aber nicht weiter vertieft.Das Buch ist auch aus dem Bedürfnis heraus entstanden MBCT und Mindfulness für "Außenstehende" zu erklären (soweit das mit Worten und innerhalb der Wissenschaft möglichst ist) und so das Problem zu adressieren, dass es eine nachweislich wirksame Therapie gibt, die sich mit dem aktuellen Stand der (westlichen) Mainstream Psychologie nur teilweise erklären lässt - und für in westlichen Kulturen sozialisierte Menschen in hohem Maße kontraintuitiv ist / vielem fundamental widerspricht, was in "westlicher Erziehung" vermittelt und gelernt wird.