5-Day Certificate Program

Integrating Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Skills in Clinical Practice: A Retreat

Offered thru PESI

Outcomes

• Present the core beliefs of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as they relate to clinical treatment.

• Articulate the essential core components of the MBSR program as they relate to clinical treatment.

• Ascertain the meaning of mindfulness and provide psychoeducation to clients regarding its use for reducing stress and improving mental health.

• Implement various mindfulness practices utilized to decrease stress and improve symptomology, including a body scan, sitting meditation, walking meditation and yoga practices.

• Teach clients how to integrate specific informal mindfulness interventions into their daily lives to alleviate symptoms and improve level of functioning.

• Utilize breathing exercises as an intervention to refocus attention and interrupt negative thoughts and ruminations.

• Interpret and differentially communicate mindfulness language appropriate for diverse populations.

• Evaluate appropriate applications of mindfulness practices for treatment in populations with trauma history, mental health disorders, and emotional and physical disabilities.

• Differentiate which mindfulness-based skills can be applied in a group therapy setting.

• Practice the process of inquiry and evaluate its ability to enhance client insight and reduce stress.

• Articulate the effectiveness of MBSR techniques in treating pain, stress, anxiety and panic in clients.

• Evaluate the use of interpersonal mindfulness in facilitating effective communication and increasing awareness in the client.

• Illustrate the differences and commonalities of mindfulness based and traditional psychotherapy, including use of boundaries and experiential practice.

• Evaluate and interpret the ethical issues of mindfulness interventions and research as relates to client care.

• Recognize and illustrate the clinical benefits of mindfulness meditation to improve decision making, impulse control and emotion regulation.

• Integrate mindfulness techniques within your current therapeutic modality, i.e. Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

• Apply non-verbal communication skills (such as body posture, facial expression, verbal tone and cadence) to meditation practices to strengthen the therapeutic alliance and effectively guide patients in mindfulness practices.

• Appraise the applicability of neuroscience research to stress reduction and ascertain its clinical implications.

• Determine specific adaptations of MBSR practices that can be utilized to treat symptoms of anxiety, depression, addiction and trauma.

• Summarize how mind body modalities, such as MBSR, can be appropriate in treatment with clients with chronic illness and pain.

• Establish MBSR practices that are developmentally appropriate and effective for children and adolescents.

• Articulate the methods by which MBSR can be interfaced with psychotherapy practices to improve clinical outcomes.

Schedule

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

3:00 – 4:30 pm: Check in

4:30 – 6:00 pm: Program Introduction*

6:00 – 7:00 pm: Dinner

7:00 – 7:20 pm: AOLRC Orientation

Thursday, Friday & Saturday, July 25-27, 2019

6:30 – 7:30 am: Mindfulness & Yoga Practice (Optional)

7:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast

9:30 am – 12:00 pm: Lecture*

12:00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 – 4:00 pm: Lecture*

4:15 – 5:15 pm: Yoga (Optional) 4:15 – 6:00 pm: Individual Activity 6:00 – 7:30 pm: Dinner 8:00 – 9:00 pm: Evening Lecture/Experiential*

Sunday, July 28, 2019

6:30 – 7:30 am: Mindfulness & Yoga Practice (Optional)

7:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast

9:30 am – 12:00 pm: Lecture*

12:30 – 1:30 pm: Closing Lunch

*CE hours will be provided during these designated times

Outline

• Laying the Foundation

  • Introducing and Defining Mindfulness

  • MBSR Ground Rules

  • Create Mindful Experiences

  • Apply Mindfulness to Daily Life

  • The Raisin

  • Languaging

  • Establish Intention

  • Use of Homework

• Guidance in Formal Mindfulness Practices

  • The Body Scan

  • The Sitting Meditation with Awareness of Breath

  • Anchoring Attention

  • The Sitting Meditation with Awareness of Sound, Sensations, Feelings and Thoughts

  • Yoga

  • Adaptations to Yoga

  • Adaptations to formal practice

  • Loving-Kindness Meditation

• Informal Mindfulness Practices

  • The S.T.O.P.

  • R.A.I.N.

  • The Three Minute Breathing Space

  • Awareness Exercises

  • Urge Surfing

  • Seated and Standing Mountain Pose

• The Curriculum

  • Sequence of Classes and Themes

  • The Process of Inquiry

  • Working with Feelings: Pleasant and Unpleasant

  • Stress Reaction versus Response

  • Working with Pain and Stress Related Symptoms

  • Application of Neuro-Science Research

  • Communication

  • Inter-personal Mindfulness

• Clinical Issues and Adaptations of MBSR

  • Benefits and Contraindications

  • Applications for Groups and Individual Therapy

  • Working with Anxiety

    • Depression, Negative Cognitions and Ruminations

    • Addictions

    • Children and Adolescents

    • Trauma

• Interface with Psychotherapy

  • Compassion and Healing

  • Healing Impact of Compassion on Brain

  • Primary and Secondary Causes of Suffering

  • Heal Shame with Understanding, Compassion and Non-shame Physiology

  • Non-anxious Presence as Clinician