Neuromethods
2026
Randye J Semple, Laila A. Madni
AbstractMindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) is a downward and sideways adaptation of the adult mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program. Downward from adults to children ages 8–13 years and sideways from focus as a treatment for depressive relapse to focus on managing stress and anxiety disorders. Both are structured group psychotherapies that have similar aims...
Using Mindfulness to Promote Mental Health in Schools
December 2, 2025
Matthew S Goodman, Randye J Semple
Abstract This chapter describes Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C). The chapter introduces MBCT-C to school-based mental health providers treating students with anxiety and other emotional or behavioral difficulties. This chapter begins with an overview of the foundations and core aims of MBCT-C, and then briefly reviews research support for its effectiveness. The chapter...
PLoS One
2025
Masume Bakhtiari, Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad, Fahimeh Dehghani et al.
6 citations
Adolescents with Internet addiction (IA) frequently encounter elevated levels of anxiety and depression, which subsequently results in the perpetuation of their addiction behaviors. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) is an adapted version of traditional MBCT that targets emotional problems in children. The present study aimed to provide a framework for the implementation...
Frontiers in pediatrics
2025
Habibeh Kholghi, Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad, Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhosseini et al.
Childhood stressors and adverse experiences can increase the likelihood of children developing mental disorders. The development of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) offers opportunities to improve emotional resiliency and reduce these children's vulnerabilities. The current study introduces the framework of a future clinical trial that seeks to examine the level of...
Mindfulness
December 1, 2017
Matthew S. Goodman, Laila A. Madni, Randye J Semple
Interest in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for youth continues to grow across academic, clinical, educational, and community settings. Conclusions regarding the effects of mindfulness training with youth are tempered by methodological issues. One common limitation is the availability of reliable and valid ways to measure mindfulness. This review identifies existing youth mindfulness...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
March 1, 2008
Jennifer Lee, Randye J. Semple, Dinelia Rosa et al.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and helpfulness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C) for the treatment of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a sample of nonreferred children. Twenty-five children, ages 9 to 12, participated in the 12-week intervention. Assessments were conducted at baseline and posttreatment. Open trial...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
October 1, 2005
Randye J. Semple, Elizabeth F. G. Reid, Lisa Miller
This study is an open clinical trial that examined the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness training program for anxious children. We based this pilot initiative on a cognitively oriented model, which suggests that, since impaired attention is a core symptom of anxiety, enhancing self-management of attention should effect reductions in anxiety. Mindfulness practices are essentially...