Zindel segal biography of abraham

  • Zindel Segal is distinguished professor of psychology and mood disorders at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
  • Explore the fascinating history of psychotherapy, from Freud's revolutionary psychoanalysis to the latest trauma-informed approaches.
  • Mindfulness is our universal (God-given) capacity for awareness and attention.

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    A Timeline of The Development of Psychotherapy

    Timeline

    1890s:

    The birth of psychoanalysis with Sigmund Freud

    1900s-1910s:

    Emergence of competing schools (Adler’s Individual Psychology, Jung’s Analytical Psychology)

    Influence of Bleuler

    Structuralism vs functionalism debate

    1920s:

    Expansion of psychoanalysis

    Rise of child analysis (Anna Freud, Melanie Klein)

    Development of sandplay therapy (Margaret Lowenfeld)

    1930s-1940s:

    Impact of World War II

    Development of ego psychology and neo-Freudian theories

    Emergence of existential therapy (Ludwig Binswanger, Medard Boss) and humanistic approaches (Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow)

    1950s-1960s:

    Growth of humanistic psychology

    Rise of behaviorism and behavior therapy (Joseph Wolpe, Hans Eysenck)

    Influence of cybernetics and systems theory

    Development of family systems therapy (Murray Bowen, Salvador Minuchin)

    1970s-1980s:

    Cognitive revolution and the rise of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) (Albert Ellis, Aa

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    News and Tools for Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

    © 2024 Norman Farb, PhD and Zindel Segal, PhD

    It’s the same thing your whole life, clean up your room, stand up straight, pick up your feet, take it like a man, be nice to your sister, don’t mix beer and wine ever…oh yeah, don’t drive on the railroad tracks.

    —Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day Every Day

    Shanice took a deep breath, traded in her steady gig managing a large PetSmart, and struck out on her own. Her confidence came from noticing how many products customers kept asking for that PetSmart didn’t carry. She understood the risks of walking away from a good salary, cashing in most of her savings, and signing a twelve-month lease for office space—all without having booked a single order. Still, the network of suppliers and veterinarians she’d built up as a manager offered the perfect starting point for selling her own line of custom-designed and personalized pet toys, clothing, pet trackers, and GPS collars. Besides, she thrived

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    Abstract

    Objectives

    Evidence suggests the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to prevent depression relapse and decrease depressive symptoms during the acute phase. However, the effectiveness of MBCT in real-world heterogeneous samples treated in clinical health settings, including primary care, has received little attention. This study had two aims: (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of MBCT delivered in primary care considering pre-treatment nedstämdhet scores and (2) to explore the role of participants’ characteristics on symptom improvement.

    Methods

    Data were obtained from 433 individuals who received MBCT. Participants completed the Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD) pretreatment and the Beck nedstämdhet Inventory (BDI-II) pre- and post-treatment.

    Results

    Sixty percent presented moderate-to-severe depression according to scores on the BDI-II, 18.1% presented mild depression, and 21.7% were in the non-depressed range. The severity of pre-treatment depr