Commentary: Mindfulness and CBT: a conceptual integration bridging ancient wisdom and modern cognitive theories of psychopathology.
Aldo Aguirre-Camacho
Frontiers in Psychology April 22, 2025 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1565835 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Cbt Functional contextualism Psychotherapy Act Philosophical assumptions |
| Key points | The author notes that Beshai's (2024) conceptual analysis seeks to illustrate how mindfulness, as a third wave approach, can complement and enhance first and second wave cognitive behavioral therapies, and outlines the standard three-wave categorization of these therapies. |
Abstract
I read Beshai's (2024) conceptual analysis on mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with interest. The author seeks to "illustrate how mindfulness, as a third wave approach can complement and enhance first and second wave approaches".The so-called cognitive behavioral therapies comprise a variety of therapeutic approaches typically categorized into a first (e.g. Behavior Therapy, Behavior Modification), second (e.g. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, CBT), and third wave (e.g. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy) (Hayes, 2004)