A 22-year-old woman with major depressive disorder received Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in a single-case experiment. After three weeks of regular mindfulness practice and behavioral activation, her depressive symptoms decreased. The therapy's success was influenced by her motivation to change and adequate social support. The intervention helped her regain daily functioning by reducing negative thinking and rumination.
Self-esteem is a form of self-acceptance reflected in confidence in one's abilities, worth, success, and value. Low self-esteem is linked to depression, hopelessness, and vulnerability to deviant behavior. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) effectively improves self-esteem and reduces depression, mood dysregulation, negative emotions, and other adverse effects of low self-esteem. MBCT provides adolescents with skills to focus on the present, practice acceptance, reframe cognitions, and improve management of stress and difficult emotions such as anger and anxiety.