Mindfulness. Therapeutic considerations in the perspective of working with stress

<ns3:p>The article presents and discusses definitions of stress and mindfulness, and attempts to present the views of various practitioners - psychotherapists - on the use of mindfulness techniques in working with stress, both as an individual technique and as part of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in the broadest sense. In the so-called third wave of cognitive-behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy with elements of mindfulness was placed alongside Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).</ns3:p>