Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) combines cognitive behavioural techniques with mindfulness strategies to help you better understand and manage your thoughts and emotions in order to achieve relief from feelings of distress. Though originally developed to address recurrent depression, MBCT may be beneficial to people seeking treatment for a wide range of mental health concerns. 

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The relatively new approach is based on the premise that the human mind possesses different modes for receiving and processing data. The two primary modes of are the “being” mode and the “doing” mode. The model also suggests mental health may be dependent on a person's ability to detach from one mode and move between other modes, based on what is present in the environment. 

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The MBCT program emphasizes the “being” mode, as this mode is believed to promote lasting emotional change, specifically for individuals experiencing recurrent depressive episodes.