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Broadly, the aim of The Marian Centre MBCT Program is to improve mood management, attain better control of reactions to stressful events, and to live with psychological and/or medical problems more effectively.


Therapy Referral Form

8-week Evening Program:
Wednesday
5:30 to 8:30pm


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MBCT may be preferable for those:

  • experiencing chronic depression or anxiety
  • currently functioning quite well but have had repeated depressive/anxious episodes in the past
  • require skills to better tolerate and cope with their depressed or anxious mood
  • not experiencing trauma reactions

The MBCT program is most suited to meet the needs of patients with chronic conditions such as:

  • Mild, moderate, or atypical depression
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Depression or anxiety co morbid with a chronic physical health problem
  • Stress management to cope with a chronic illness (e.g., cancer, diabetes,pain, fibromyalgia)
  • Able to tolerate the group process
  • Display adequate levels of attention and concentration
  • Unlikely to be disruptive to the group process and hinder the progress of others
  • Free from the influence of alcohol and/or illicit substances while attending sessions

Patients unsuitable for MBCT:

  • Those with brain injury/cognitive impairment
  • Current substance dependence
  • Current psychosis or mania
  • Unable to tolerate group process
  • Unable to display adequate levels of attention and concentration
  • Likely to be disruptive to the group process and hinder the progress of others
  • Cannot read English to an adequate degree
  • Acute & disabling OCD, eating disorder or PTSD

Rationale:

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a meditation-based psychological intervention designed to help reduce the risk of relapse in psychological disorders. It is clear that psychiatric and physical conditions can be chronic and relapsing problems. The risk of relapse and recurrence in those who have been depressed before is very high, and the amount of triggering required for each subsequent episode becomes lower each time depression recurs. This illustrates the need for prophylactic treatments to keep people well once recovered from a major depressive episode.

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