ABSTRACT
There are two broad ways in which Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is integrated within the MBCT programme: ®rst, through a teaching process, which is informed throughout by an underpinning understanding of the ways in which depressive relapse is triggered and maintained (see Points 2 and 14); and, second, through inclusion of curriculum elements drawn from CBT. The intention underpinning the use of these exercises variesÐsome are used as part of the mindfulness-orientated approach to illuminate aspects of the nature of the mind and the thinking process; others are used in the way in which they were developed within CBT for depression to give information and education about depression or to support participants in developing action-orientated strategies for preventing or dealing with depression. This Point offers a brief outline of these curriculum elements under the headings of the week in which they happen.
Week two
