There are developments towards approaches that put less emphasis on the negative thoughts and which are more in line with mindfulness. From what I've read, they

There are developments towards approaches that put less emphasis on the negative thoughts and which are more in line with mindfulness. From what I've read, they're at least as effective as CBT, and might well be more effective for people who already ruminate too much (autism, for one). But AFAIK it's too new a 'field' to be too confident about these things. Worth looking into though. As a fan of zen/mindfulness and as I'm going through CBT currently, I definitely feel some friction between the two approaches.