Part I.
The challenge of depression. Depression casts a long shadow
Why do people who have recovered from depression relapse?
Developing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
Part II.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Doing and being
The eight-session program: how and why
The preclass participant interview
Awareness and automatic pilot: session 1
Kindness and self-compassion in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
Living in our heads: session 2
Gathering the scattered mind: session 3
Recognizing aversion: session 4
Inquiring into practice and practicing inquiry
Allowing/​Letting be: session 5
Thoughts are not facts: session 6
A day of mindful practice
"How can I take the best care of myself?": session 7
Maintaining and extending new learning: session 8
Reprise: the 3-minute breathing space as the spine of the program
Part III.
Evaluation and dissemination. Does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?
How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy achive its effects?
Moving the program off the page and into the clinic: supports for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intructors and their patients.