The issue on a child’s cognitive development is also bought up when it comes to applying mindfulness techniques, because majority of research on mindfulness is conducted on adults. Semple, Lee and Miller (2006, cited in Baer, 2006) argue that there are cognitive and interpersonal functions that cannot be generalised from adults to children. (Jha, 2005, cited in Thomson and Gauntlett-Gilbert) also mentions that it is vital for child to develop in order to understand the teachings of mindfulness. Wagner, Rathus and Miller (2006, in Thompson and Gauntlett-Gilbert) argue that unlike CBT, mindfulness requires children need to have reached the formal operational stage which occurs around the age of 12 and are able to make abstract and hypothetical
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The reason for this is that it may get intense for the parents to see the child in a particular state or they may not think it’s beneficial after a few days therefore may drop their child out from the therapy programme. Also, tasks given to do at home may be challenging as parents may feel as though they are out of their comfort zone especially if it comes down to scenarios that cause anxiety for the child. They may not have time to attend certain group sessions with their child due to other commitments and therefore are not able to make full use out of the therapy.
In conclusion, CBT and mindfulness are viewed as separate approaches even though they both deal with thoughts, feelings and behaviours. The type of treatment provided by each therapy is different, CBT has a clear strategy when it comes to changing a particular behaviour or thinking pattern whereas mindfulness does not consider the evaluation of thoughts as rational but teaches individuals observe and not evaluate them. Nevertheless mindfulness is still consistent with CBT in many ways and they produce better results when used
The reason for this is that it may get intense for the parents to see the child in a particular state or they may not think it’s beneficial after a few days therefore may drop their child out from the therapy programme. Also, tasks given to do at home may be challenging as parents may feel as though they are out of their comfort zone especially if it comes down to scenarios that cause anxiety for the child. They may not have time to attend certain group sessions with their child due to other commitments and therefore are not able to make full use out of the therapy.
In conclusion, CBT and mindfulness are viewed as separate approaches even though they both deal with thoughts, feelings and behaviours. The type of treatment provided by each therapy is different, CBT has a clear strategy when it comes to changing a particular behaviour or thinking pattern whereas mindfulness does not consider the evaluation of thoughts as rational but teaches individuals observe and not evaluate them. Nevertheless mindfulness is still consistent with CBT in many ways and they produce better results when used