Professional Training
MBCT Professional Practice
Surpass the technical, and embody the practice
Who is this for?
The course is designed primarily for experienced health professionals from relevant disciplines (e.g., psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses) who have attended an MBCT Course (see bottom of page) and want to deepen and extend their skills and application. It is designed to be a very supportive and structured learning environment.
What will you learn?
Learning the theory of mindfulness is easy, in this course you start to embody the practice of Mindfulness while teaching to your peers under supervision. You can:
- address issues of particular interest
- build confidence in the principles and teaching of meditations
- practise investigative dialogue
- receive feedback about your teaching
- receive professional supervision.
How does it work?
Liana Taylor is available as an experienced resource to you. Liana starts the session asking everybody what they would most like to gain from the next three hours. You can view some of their responses below.
Then in the context of the supervisory session Liana makes order out of what people need and arranges the session to answer any theoretical or applied questions that has been raised and coaches different people the meditations that they specifically want to teach. Participants will break up into pairs or threes to facilitate this.
During this 3 hours we will discuss the purpose and essential elements of each of the meditations. All participants will practise teaching two meditations to peers, have feedback, and ask questions of peers and the teacher. There will be light nourishing refreshments available during a short break.
The Professional Practice Advanced workshop is for people who have already done the first Professional Practice and/or have used MBCT in practice.
The Professional Practice Advanced workshop follows the same principles as the first Professional Practice, however participants want to develop their skills further, to teach the more complex meditations and to ask questions that have arisen during the exercises that they have been using in practice.
Questions that arise during Professional Practice
- How do I explain what mindfulness is to my colleagues?
- I want to practice teaching the 3 minute breathing space.
- I want to practice teaching the body scan
- I want to practice giving the raisin exercise
- I want to practice to give a movement meditation.
- How do I explain to the board why they should train staff in mindfulness?
- How would I use mindfulness in an organizational context and what research should I quote when talking to funding bodies?
- What contraindications are there when using mindfulness?
- What’s the step by step process of using mindfulness with someone with panic disorder?
- What are the relevant aspects of mindfulness approaches and tools when using with bulimia and anorexia?
- Which meditations do I start to use with people dealing with chronic pain?
- How do I work with someone who doesn’t want to practice mindfulness?
- How to I explain to experienced clients what is different about mindfulness compared to other therapeutic approaches they have been involved in?
- Can I use mindfulness with people struggling with drug and alcohol concerns?
- What kind of mindfulness tools would you use for Children?
- How does mindfulness fit with and where is it different from other mainstream and common alternative therapeutic models?
- Explain how the mindfulness model can be taught to a range of workers as a unifying model that honors vastly different therapeutic approaches.
NB. Course Numbers are strictly limited to support rich interactive learning and address individual needs
Next Courses
- 8 October at Fullarton Park Centre in Adelaide
- 4 November at South Melbourne Town Hall in Melbourne
- 3 December at Brisbane Windsor International in Brisbane
- 26 May 2012 at South Melbourne Town Hall
- 16 June 2012 at Brisbane Windsor International
- 30 June 2012 at Sophia Centre, Adelaide
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| Professional Practice ½ day | AUD$130 | |
| Value Package: MBCT Course & Prof Prac | AUD$890 | AUD$850 Early bird |
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a training course that combines the heart and self acceptance of mindfulness meditation with the clarity of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. We offer the MBCT in both an 8 week and a 3 day Intensive format for Professionals, as well as a 3 hour theoretical Introduction and a 3 hour Professional Practice
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