Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to Improve Emotional Wellbeing and Glycaemic Control in Diabetes

The MBCT intervention is manualised and delivered to groups. The aim of the MBCT intervention is to increase mindfulness skills and to facilitate their use in relation to emotional wellbeing and diabetes self-management. Participants will attend on 8 occasions, once per week, for 2 hours. These meetings will have a standard structure. First, participants will describe their efforts to practice mindfulness at home over the previous week, followed by discussion of an educational topic relevant to the aims of the course. Finally, the group will do a mindfulness practice together, and the home practice for the following week will be set. In-between meetings, participants are asked to practice mindfulness by listening to an audio file or CD for about 30 minutes per day.