Mindfulness-based Psychoeducation and Defense Mechanisms, Mindful Awareness

Mindful awareness is a mind and body practice that involves increasing attention to what is happening at the moment and accepting what is perceived without judgment. Mindfulness includes awareness and attention; Awareness is the mechanism that constantly controls the of the state of consciousness. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapies are evidence-based psychoeducation. Psychoeducation was organized in 2 consecutive sessions once a week for 8 weeks, and each session was 60 minutes, in total 16 sessions. The content of the psychoeducation program was explained in detail, and techniques such as presentation and question-answer narrative techniques, video, audio recording, mindfulness assignments for the next session were used in the training.

The control group continued with their lives without any intervention. Only pre-test and post-test were applied. While the program was applied to the experimental group, no intervention was made to the control group.