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MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE-BASED GROUP therapy FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER: A Treatment Manual Second Edition* Jan E. Fleming, MD, FRCPC Nancy L. Kocovski, PhD Clinical Associate Associate Professor The MINDFULNESS Clinic Department of Psychology Toronto, ON, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University *The first edition (2009) is available at and at June, 2014 1 2 Introduction Background MINDFULNESS and ACCEPTANCE-BASED GROUP therapy (MAGT) for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT: Hayes et al 1999), with additional MINDFULNESS components drawn from MINDFULNESS - based Cognitive therapy (MBCT: Segal et al 2002), which is based in part on MINDFULNESS - based Stress Reduction (MBSR: Kabat-Zinn 1990).

Mindfulness and Acceptance -Based Group Therapy (MAGT) for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT: Hayes et al …

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