The paper will evaluate fundamental concepts within Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT); while considering whether aspects of Kierkegaard’s psychology may benefit professionals and patients alike. Given that MBCT centers its treatment on self-awareness, the paper will examine Kierkegaard’s understanding of self-relation, by viewing his work “Repetition” as a psychological case study. This will be evaluated with regards to the therapist’s ability to connect with the patient, which is a fundamental aspect of MBCT as well. Within this aim, the dynamics of selfhood will be investigated regarding the patient’s ability for inner change while decentering. Moreover, the paper will argue that MBCT’s focus on decentering may benefit from an equally important method of ‘recentering’; the presupposition for 1which we find throughout Kierkegaard’s double movements of existence. Taken as a whole, the paper will conclude in favor of distinguishing between different types of self-relations as a premise for the patient’s ability to decenter and possibly recenter.