4-Day Intensive Mindfulness Training

Join some of the leading experts on applying mindfulness in clinical practice, including Jack Kornfield, DJ Moran, Gina Biegel, and Trudy Goodman to learn how to tailor mindfulness practices to your individual clients based on their history, personality, age, religious orientation, cultural background, and presenting problems.

**All credit information and individual webcast descriptions can be found under the individual sessions on the course tab.
 

Thursday, March 22, 2018
Part 1: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Part 2: 1:00 – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): A Day of Powerful Practices
Gina Biegel, MA, LMFT
Kick judgments, worries, daily to-do lists, and everyday stressors to the curb. Immerse yourself in practices from the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues. Simple and powerful practices such as the body scan, mindful movement, and loving-kindness will help you experience effective tools to use with clients. This day-long workshop is a game changer: you’ll return to your practice refreshed and ready to implement new approaches with your clients!

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Friday, March 23, 2018
8:45 – 10:45 am (Eastern)
What Really Heals and Awakens
Jack Kornfield, PhD
Trained as a Buddhist monk and clinical psychologist, Jack Kornfield has been a pioneer in bringing meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhist psychology to the West. He cofounded the country’s first major mindfulness meditation center in Massachusetts, and now runs Spirit Rock Center in California. In his bestselling books and countless trainings, Kornfield has always emphasized the central importance of loving awareness in bringing about positive change. Through transformative stories, clinical examples, and some shared practices of the awakened heart, Kornfield will explore how Buddhist psychology gets to the heart of the perennial human questions of suffering and freedom, identity and meaning, love and possibility.

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Saturday, March 24, 2018
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
All Together Now: Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Identity, and Love
Jack Kornfield, PhD & Trudy Goodman, PhD
Supported by neuroscience research, mindfulness practice has demonstrated its ability to ease stress, control anxiety and depression, and improve cognition, focus, and memory. As its reach and influence has increased, mindfulness has raised fundamental questions about its role in therapy. How do these modalities fit together, what might mindfulness add to psychological treatment, and what might it tell us about who we are underneath it all? Through story, clinical examples, and experiential practice, this workshop will explore the gifts, meanings, and new conundrums of the practice of mindfulness and loving awareness for clients.

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Saturday, March 24, 2018
3:00 – 5:00 pm (Eastern)
520 – Taking in the Good: Mindfulness for Teens and Young Adults
Gina Biegel, MA, LMFT
As they try to navigate the demands of school, online social lives, and daily pressures, many teens and young adults today are worried, in pain, angry, and even out of control. In fact, 1 in 5 of them currently has or will have a serious mental illness. To make it through the emotional dysregulation of these complex years, they need a strong inner compass, and in this workshop, you’ll discover the evidence-based protocol that combines mindfulness and positive neuroplasticity to help establish that compass.

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Sunday, March 25, 2018
10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Eastern)
Demystifying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Mindful Approach to Value-Based Action
DJ Moran, PhD, BCBA-D
Despite the popularity of mindfulness, not all our clients want to embrace an Eastern philosophy and sit on a meditation cushion every day. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers a way to use the power of contemplative practice while promoting concrete and quantifiable change. In this workshop, you’ll focus on specific ACT strategies and tools to integrate into your practice.

Full Course Description

104 – Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): A Day of Powerful Practices

Kick judgments, worries, daily to-do lists, and everyday stressors to the curb. Immerse yourself in practices from the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues. Simple and powerful practices such as the body scan, mindful movement, and loving-kindness will help you experience effective tools to use with clients. This day-long workshop is a game changer: you’ll return to your practice refreshed and ready to implement new approaches with your clients! You’ll explore:

• Specific mindfulness-based practices that teach the importance of, and ways to cultivate, self-care for your clients
• Mindful practices that can be used in daily life to facilitate inner sources of personal renewal and growth for your clients
• Ways to help clients take in the good and create beneficial lasting resources
• Mindful approaches to teach clients to satisfy fundamental human needs for safety, security, and connection
• How to teach your clients methods to maintain a mindfulness practice in daily life

Program Information

Objectives

• Explore specific mindfulness-based practices that teach the importance of, and ways to cultivate, self-care for your clients
• Explore mindful practices that can be used in daily life to facilitate inner sources of personal renewal and growth for your clients
• Explore ways to help clients take in the good and create beneficial lasting resources
• Explore mindful approaches to teach clients to satisfy fundamental human needs for safety, security, and connection
• Explore how to teach your clients methods to maintain a mindfulness practice in daily life

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Physician, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

Keynote - “What Really Heals and Awakens”

Trained as a Buddhist monk and clinical psychologist, Jack Kornfield has been a pioneer in bringing meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhist psychology to the West. He cofounded the country’s first major mindfulness meditation center in Massachusetts, and now runs Spirit Rock Center in California. In his bestselling books and countless trainings, Kornfield has always emphasized the central importance of loving awareness in bringing about positive change.

Through transformative stories, clinical examples, and some shared practices of the awakened heart, Kornfield will explore how Buddhist psychology gets to the heart of the perennial human questions of suffering and freedom, identity and meaning, love and possibility. In this keynote, you’ll discover:

• How to embody a fuller spiritual wisdom in your work with clients to heal difficult emotions, create calm focus, and connect deeply with others

Program Information

Objectives

• Discover how to embody a fuller spiritual wisdom in your work with clients to heal difficult emotions, create calm focus, and connect deeply with others

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Physician, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

415 - All Together Now: Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Identity, and Love

Supported by neuroscience research, mindfulness practice has demonstrated its ability to ease stress, control anxiety and depression, and improve cognition, focus, and memory. As its reach and influence has increased, mindfulness has raised fundamental questions about its role in therapy. How do these modalities fit together, what might mindfulness add to psychological treatment, and what might it tell us about who we are underneath it all? Through story, clinical examples, and experiential practice, this workshop will explore the gifts, meanings, and new conundrums of the practice of mindfulness and loving awareness for clients. You’ll discover:

• How to help clients understand the connection between mindfulness and the heartfelt experience of love
• Ways to address the potential downsides to mindfulness training, including unhealthy detachment, spiritual bypass, and an overfocus on personal, psychological dramas
• The benefits of integrating the revolutionary elements of good mindfulness training into your clinical approach

Program Information

Objectives

• Discover how to help clients understand the connection between mindfulness and the heartfelt experience of love
• Discover ways to address the potential downsides to mindfulness training, including unhealthy detachment, spiritual bypass, and an overfocus on personal, psychological dramas
• Discover the benefits of integrating the revolutionary elements of good mindfulness training into your clinical approach

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Physician, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

520 - Taking in the Good: Mindfulness for Teens and Young Adults

As they try to navigate the demands of school, online social lives, and daily pressures, many teens and young adults today are worried, in pain, angry, and even out of control. In fact, 1 in 5 of them currently has or will have a serious mental illness. To make it through the emotional dysregulation of these complex years, they need a strong inner compass, and in this workshop, you’ll discover the evidence-based protocol that combines mindfulness and positive neuroplasticity to help establish that compass. You’ll explore:

• How to help teens and young adults turn positive experiences into lasting resources for safety, satisfaction, and connection
• Recent advances in positive neuroplasticity that cultivate the four levels of self-care for clients
• How to teach teens and young adults to shift from reacting impulsively to responding mindfully to stress

Program Information

Objectives

• Explore how to help teens and young adults turn positive experiences into lasting resources for safety, satisfaction, and connection
• Explore recent advances in positive neuroplasticity that cultivate the four levels of self-care for clients
• Explore how to teach teens and young adults to shift from reacting impulsively to responding mindfully to stress

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Physician, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

604 – Demystifying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Mindful Approach to Value-Based Action

Despite the popularity of mindfulness, not all our clients want to embrace an Eastern philosophy and sit on a meditation cushion every day. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers a way to use the power of contemplative practice while promoting concrete and quantifiable change. In this workshop, you’ll focus on specific ACT strategies and tools to integrate into your practice, including how to:

• Use ACT to increase psychological flexibility to cope with a wide variety of clinical problems—including depression, anxiety, stress, and substance abuse—by helping clients to not believe their thoughts
• Apply the Mindful Action Plan (MAP) to help clients keep solid, values-based commitments
• Respect cultural diversity while teaching contemplative practices
• Seamlessly weave the ACT model into your current therapeutic practices

Program Information

Objectives

• Focus on how to use ACT to increase psychological flexibility to cope with a wide variety of clinical problems—including depression, anxiety, stress, and substance abuse—by helping clients to not believe their thoughts
• Focus on how to apply the Mindful Action Plan (MAP) to help clients keep solid, values-based commitments
• Focus on how to respect cultural diversity while teaching contemplative practices
• Focus on how to seamlessly weave the ACT model into your current therapeutic practices

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Physician, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals