The Science of Mindfulness and Compassionate Presence with Christopher Willard, PsyD
Objectives
Determine the basic neuroscience underlying mindfulness and other contemplative practice
Articulate the fight/flight responses as they relate to mental health and mental illness
Outline
Basics of neuroscience and science regarding the benefits underlying mindfulness practice
Fight/flight responses as they relate to mental health and mental illness and how mindfulness impacts these
Understand how mastery of understanding the science of mindfulness enhances therapeutic presence in the teaching of it
Copyright :13/11/2016
Cultivating Presence through Mindfulness and Compassion with Christopher Germer, PhD
Objectives
Implement skills of self-compassion during psychotherapy to enhance emotional resonance.
Outline
Understand the science, components and benefits of self-compassion
Demonstrate skills of self-compassion
Implement skills of self-compassion in clinical work
Enhance emotional resonance
Program Information
Objectives
Implement skills of self-compassion during psychotherapy to enhance emotional resonance.
Outline
Understand the science, components and benefits of self-compassion
Demonstrate skills of self-compassion
Implement skills of self-compassion in clinical work
Enhance emotional resonance
Copyright :13/11/2016
Being Present with Pain with Ronald Siegel, PsyD
Objectives
Evaluate the neurobiological effects of mindfulness practice on experimentally induced pain
Present cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of chronic pain cycles
Specify how mindfulness practice can help to interrupt chronic pain cycles
Outline
Neurobiological effects of mindfulness practice on experimentally induced pain
Cognitive, affective, and behavioral components
Presence arising from teaching oneself and clients to flexibly relate to pain
Interrupt chronic pain cycles
Copyright :17/10/2016
Therapeutic Presence via the Mindful Communication Sequence (MCS): A Mindfulness-Based Communication Method for Clinicians with Mitch Abblett, PhD
Objectives
Evaluate evidence-based mindfulness and here-and-now relationship management interventions for maximizing effective intervention timing, avoiding perceptual bias and error, and intervening based on all the available and relevant clinical information
Develop skills for understanding and skillfully maintaining flexible and effective thinking and clinical decision-making, managing countertransference reactions to clients, and cultivating skills for compassionate perspective-taking and communication.
Implement skills for to coaching clients in session to bring the Mindful Communication Sequence (MCS) to bear in their real-world interactions with others.
Outline
Mindfulness and here-and-now relationship management interventions
Maximize effective intervention timing
Avoid perceptual bias and error
Intervene based on available and relevant clinical information
Demonstrate skills
Skillfully maintaining flexible and effective thinking
Clinical decision-making
Manage countertransference reactions
Cultivate skills for compassionate perspective-taking and communication
Skills for coaching clients in session to bring the Mindful Communication Sequence (MCS)
Copyright :17/10/2016
The Art of Equanimity with Susan Pollak, MTS, EdD
Objectives
Examine, both cognitively and experientially, how to begin to cultivate equanimity.
Practice how to return to a state of equanimity when knocked off balance.
Determine the phrases of equanimity.
Practice, experientially, the key equanimity meditations.
Utilize equanimity and how it can enhance presence.
Outline
Defining and cultivating perspective on the relevance of equanimity in clinical work
Cognitively and experientially begin to cultivate equanimity
Return to a state of equanimity when clinical work prompts imbalance
Phrases of equanimity
Practice, experientially, the key equanimity meditations
When to utilize equanimity - how it can enhance presence
Copyright :17/10/2016
The Boundless Universe of Presence with Charles Styron, PsyD
Objectives
Determine how presence represents a gateway into the discipline of mindfulness meditation altogether.
Outline
From Tibetan Point of View, Presence provides a holographic view of the Dharma.
There is a Ground, a Path, and a Fruition.
Ground:
kindness, gentleness, straightforwardness
discipline and joy
freedom from hope and fear
unpredictability or inscrutability
Path: What is being communicated or taught
Fruition: Transmission, which goes beyond the written or the spoken word.
Copyright :13/11/2016
Cultivating Presence through Mindful Self-Care Tom Pedulla, LICSW
Objectives
Create an understanding of connection between mindfulness, self-care and therapeutic presence.
Utilize simple mindfulness exercises to enhance presence and practice better self-care.
Outline
Connection between mindfulness, self-care and therapeutic presence
Mindfulness exercises to enhance presence
Mindfulness exercises to practice better self-care
Program Information
Objectives
Create an understanding of connection between mindfulness, self-care and therapeutic presence.
Utilize simple mindfulness exercises to enhance presence and practice better self-care.
Outline
Connection between mindfulness, self-care and therapeutic presence
Mindfulness exercises to enhance presence
Mindfulness exercises to practice better self-care
Copyright :13/11/2016
Presence in the Face of Unwelcome Uncertainty and Insecurity with Paul Fulton, EdD
Objectives
Specify alternative approaches to the nature of personal & professional insecurity, and how it interferes with our ability to become and remain fully present in the clinical encounter.
Outline
Demonstrate alternative approaches to the nature of personal and professional insecurity
Understand and demonstrate skills for resting in the reality of discomfort for both client and clinician
How not cultivating flexible relationships with uncertainty interferes with ability to become and remain fully present with clients
Copyright :13/11/2016
Creating the Inner Holding Environment in Meditation with Bill Morgan, PsyD & Susan Morgan, MSN, RN, CS
Objectives
Determine the three core elements of the inner holding environment for practicing mindfulness meditation.
Establish the three inner holding environment elements during a practice meditation session.
Practice monitoring, adjusting and re-establishing these core elements during meditation practice.
Outline
Three core elements of the inner holding environment
Demonstrate a practice meditation session
Presence skills from cultivating a sound foundation of formal meditation practice
Monitor, adjust and re-establish core elements
Program Information
Objectives
Determine the three core elements of the inner holding environment for practicing mindfulness meditation.
Establish the three inner holding environment elements during a practice meditation session.
Practice monitoring, adjusting and re-establishing these core elements during meditation practice.
Outline
Three core elements of the inner holding environment
Demonstrate a practice meditation session
Presence skills from cultivating a sound foundation of formal meditation practice
Monitor, adjust and re-establish core elements
Copyright :17/10/2016
The Buddha's Wife: The Power of Relational Mindfulness in Clinical Practice with Janet Surrey, PhD
Objectives
Maximize your understanding of the guidelines for relational mindfulness
Communicate how to tailor the practice to clinical relational situations -- especially deep listening and wise speech
Establish how mindfulness practiced in relationship can help clients with relational / interpersonal difficulties
Outline
Understanding the nature of the relational field in psychotherapy
Guidelines for relational mindfulness
Tailor relational mindfulness practice to clinical situations
Deep listening skills
Wise speech skills
Practicing mindfulness in relationships
Program Information
Objectives
Maximize your understanding of the guidelines for relational mindfulness
Communicate how to tailor the practice to clinical relational situations -- especially deep listening and wise speech
Establish how mindfulness practiced in relationship can help clients with relational / interpersonal difficulties
Outline
Understanding the nature of the relational field in psychotherapy
Guidelines for relational mindfulness
Tailor relational mindfulness practice to clinical situations