yes it uses mindfulness to identify and diffuse negative or fearful thoughts rather than trying to battle each of these thoughts with logic, which is what I found CBT taught. It works on accepting the thoughts as meaningless brain activity allowing you to spend your energy moving towards things you value rather than running from unpleasant thoughts or experiences.
There's plenty of books on the topic, and youtube videos, and psychologists who practice it. There's also a lot of recent evidence showing it can be effective.
One of the main practitioners in the world is a guy called Russ Harris. Although he's an Aussie, a psychologist friend of mine in the U.K. put me on to him. He wrote a best selling book called 'The Happiness Trap' a few years ago... here's a link to its first 30 pages from Russ' own website for anyone who is interested...
http://thehappinesstrap.com/wp-cont...iness_Trap_-_Introduction_and_Chapter_one.pdf