Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0487
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0487
+44 1478 350008
Nazare de Oliveira Almeida
University of S�£o Paulo, Ribeir�£o Preto, Spain
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Psychol Psychother
The modern life style includes unhealthy habits such as physical inactivity and poor diet, linking consumerism and immediacy, with consequences for public health. This has mobilized public and private initiatives in an attempt to reverse this critical situation, found the alarming statistics on the conditions associated with weight. In this sense, is the treatment of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programs and mindfulness interventions are currently used in a variety of clinical settings, including some cognitive therapies such as systematic technique taught and trainable. Mindfulness should not be considered as a religious concept or spiritual, but cognitive, having been adopted in Gestalt therapy and different Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), MBCT and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR). Notable uses can be illustrated by TCD, which refers mindfulness as one of four critical skills that help in emotional regulation and ACT, which considers mindfulness an important resource to help the patient in the process of acceptance; it is to understand the reality of realizing the inevitable appearance of thoughts, feelings and sensations without avoiding them, reject them or judge them. This work had an objective to describe the experience from the intervention in MBCT in participants who sought help for weight loss in clinical school. 70 individuals participated and were divided in groups of 10 participants per group. The meetings were held for 8 weeks, involving psychoeducation and experiential exercises of mindfulness and levels were measured: 1. self-pity, 2. Emotional regulation and 3. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, resilience and 6. acceptance and action and positive and negative affect, through SELFCS scales (Neff, KD, 2003) MAAS (Brown, K. & Ryan, R., 2003), DASS-21 (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995), CD-RISC (Connor & Davidson, 2003), AAQ-II (Bond et al. 2011) PANAS (Watson & et al., 1988), applied before and after participation in the program. We conclude that the TCBM may favor interventions in weight loss group. Participation in the program was associated with clinically significant improvement in relation to self-esteem, self-pity, emotional regulation, as well as significant reductions in symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress. The main objectives of the participants were also observed: the reduction of binge eating and weight reduction.
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