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Body Memory, Metaphor and MovementEdited by Sabine C. Koch, Thomas Fuchs, Michela Summa and Cornelia Müller
[Advances in Consciousness Research 84] 2012
► pp. 393–413
Chapter 25. Mindfulness, embodiment, and depression
Johannes Michalak | University of Hildesheim, Germany
Jan M. Burg | University of Hildesheim, Germany
Thomas Heidenreich | University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany
During the past decade, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) aiming at relapse prevention in depression has been developed and empirically tested. All exercises taught during MBCT are based on the development of a heightened awareness of one’s body. The important role of the body is also stressed in a recently emerging interdisciplinary field of research termed ‘embodiment’. This research program focuses on the interactions between bodily, cognitive, and emotional processes. Based on the obvious role of the body in MBCT and on the theoretical and empirical evidence highlighting the role of the body in emotional processes, we argue that considering embodied processes might be a useful perspective for research on the etiology of depression and on mechanisms of action in MBCT.
Keywords: cognitive therapy, embodiment, major depression, mindfulness, relapse prevention
Published online: 25 January 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.84.29mic
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.84.29mic
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