Resources

Mindfulness Resources 

Recommended Reading 

• The Mindful Way through Depression, Second Edition: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn

• Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—And Your Life by Jon Kabat-Zin 

• You Are Here, Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment by Thic Nhat Hanh 

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) 

• Meditation Audio

  • Guided Meditation Practices for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression - Stream or Download these guided meditations from the publishers website. Requires users to create a log-in. 

  • Psych Insights - Mindfulness Audio Recordings -  Additional guided meditations, including a shorter version of the Body Scan. 

• Handouts and Worksheets 

  • Preliminary Handout for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

  • An Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

  • Session 1: Awareness and Automatic Pilot 

  • Session 2: Living in Our Heads

  • Session 3: Gathering the Scattered Mind

  • Session 4: Recognizing Aversion

  • Session 5: Allowing & Letting Be

  • Session 6: Thoughts Are Not Facts

  • Session 7: “How Can I Best Take Care of Myself?”

  • Session 8: Maintaining and Extending New Learning

Session Handouts 

• 7-11 Breathing

• 10 Steps to Radical Acceptance 

• Anger Diary

• Anxiety Tracking Log

• Belly Breathing

• CBT for Kids

• Cognitive Behavioral Model of Insomnia

• Cognitive Model

• Common Thinking Errors

• Coping Skills for Anger

• DBSA Wellness Tracker

• Downward Arrow

• Feelings and Sensations List

• Square Breathing

• Thinking Mistakes for Kids

• Thought Record

• Thought Stopping