Spiritual and Religious Interventions in “Third Wave” Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Vassilia Binensztok, Tiffany E. Vastardis, Carman S. Gill
June 14, 2018 DOI: 10.4324/9781315211046-9 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | The authors argue that third wave CBT therapies—MBCT, DBT, and ACT—incorporate mindfulness, meditation, and values-based interventions that are well suited to addressing spirituality and spiritual or religious issues in treatment, and they present practical interventions plus an ACT case example to illustrate this integration. |
Abstract
The practice of CBT has served as a foundation for the emergence of modern “third wave” therapies, such as mindfulness-based CBT (MBCT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). These new therapies yield promising results when used to treat a variety of client issues (Forman et al., 2007 ). Mindfulness and meditation, ideas imbedded in Eastern spirituality, provide practical, effective intervention strategies when working within the spiritual domain (Hayes et al., 2012 ). Further, these treatments incorporate values-based interventions that are strongly associated with spirituality and spiritual issues (Hayes et al., 2012 ). In this chapter, the authors briefly describe MCBT, DBT, and ACT and tie these theories to issues associated with spirituality and spiritual/religion that may arise in treatment. Detailed descriptions of practical interventions relating to spirituality are described. ACT is integrated into a case example, detailing more in-depth interventions and outcomes.