Approach on therapy

• Acknowledgement of free will

  • This free will based therapy is in line with the positive approach
  • Taking control of our thoughts is central to this therapy

  People can choose to engage in MF activities (e.g. meditation or mindful breathing) and exercise control over how much time they spend on negative thinking and minimise this.
• The authenticity of goodness and excellence

  • Mindfulness focuses on developing positive mental health rather than treating mental illness
  • Focuses on the individual’s natural positive traits, their authentic goodness + excellence
  • It encourages people to break unconscious habits of thinking + behaving that stop them from living life to the full
  • This will then lead to overall greater wellbeing
  • Aims to enhance a person’s positive characteristics through ‘acceptance-based methods’, and encourage the individual to develop core virtues such as gratitude, resilience + optimism.
• Focus on the good life

  • Taking control of our feelings and behaviours is central to the good life (life regulation qualities)
  • Practising mindfulness we gain more control over our thoughts which is key to increasing life satisfaction and contentment