MCT is mainly concerned with modifying the experience and regulation of thoughts. The base idea is that people are not thinking the wrong thing, but rather how they react to them is the target of change. 

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Modernized methods of CBT have utilized principles of change that focus on context and function of a psychological event (thoughts, feelings, overt action), as opposed to their content. An example of this change from the cognitive wing includes MBCT, in which there is little emphasis placed on changing the content of thoughts; instead the emphasis is placed on the changing awareness of and relationship to the thoughts. 

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