What is MiCBT?

Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy or MiCBT is a sophisticated integration of skills developed with mindfulness training and principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). The Mindfulness-CBT integration represents the effort of authors and clinicians from multidisciplinary backgrounds whose dedication to the scientific inquiry, creativity, and openness has contributed to the current paradigm shift in psychotherapy.

A Brief Conceptual Outline

Traditional cognitive therapy models attempt to alter maladaptive behaviour by modifying its concomitant dysfunctional thoughts and underlying assumptions. However, there is empirical evidence that our attempt to actively change aversive internal experiences (e.g., thoughts, emotions, body sensations) often multiplies our problems (e.g., in PTSD, GAD, pain etc). Consistent with Einstein's opinion that "we cannot change a problem with the means that created it", mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches take the view that attempting to change the content of incapacitating thoughts is less productive in the long term than learning to develop control over the processes that maintain them...MORE>>>