ABSTRACT
This refers to newer versions of CBT. According to Mansell and Taylor, the first wave was the separate development of behaviour therapy and cognitive therapy in the 1950s and 1960s; the second occurred in the 1980s with merging of cognitive and behavioural approaches (CBT). The third wave emerged in the 1990s with such approaches as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Third wave therapies have some differences with each other but 'arguably share an emphasis on a "mindfulness state of awareness"'. CBT examines cognitive content to changing it, mindfulness techniques teach clients to see their thoughts, feelings and physical sensations in present moment without judging them or attempting to change them, no matter how intense they are. Craske summarizes third wave approaches as function over content. The term 'third wave' sometimes gave impression that traditional CBT had become passé but in recent years term is falling out of favour and there appears a clearer understanding.
