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Workshop Summary

This program is approved by the State of Ohio - Florida - Pennsylvania - Utah - Kansas - for Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board for Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists for 6 CE’s

This workshop ALSO has NASW National CE Approval.

Workshop Summary
This unique workshop is for individuals who are already trained in mindfulness or for those who are new to it. Instruct your clients with unique practices and perspectives of mindfulness.

Deepen and expand your current understanding of mindfulness and Present Moment Awareness with concepts and approaches not typically taught. Using these unique mindfulness-based approaches, instruct your clients on how to implement various life-changing exercises to address the symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression.

Interventions you can use immediately in your practice.

Externally-based exercises include: breathing techniques, self-compassion, and positive self-talk, relaxation exercises, simple eye exercises, self-forgiveness, Heartfelt Invocations (similar to affirmations, but more effective) and a detailed outline/program for self-care suggestions. For example: you will be able to identify specific negative mental and emotional habits (not typically taught) involving resistance that the client may be using to exacerbate their symptoms of stress, anxiety, or depression.

Internally-based exercises include: how to release resistance in the body which exacerbates one’s stress, anxiety, and depression; as a therapist, learning to focus within Present Moment Awareness to enhancing your ability to be totally present to your client; using Focus as a tool, and enhancing one’s ability to be the Observer in challenging situations.

This program is designed to provide you with the necessary theory, practical demonstrations and experiential exercises to assist you in integrating the material for client instruction. Also, the workshop manual provides detailed descriptions for most of the content and exercises being taught, minimizing the need to take notes and maximize your learning time.

If you have further questions, feel free to contact David at mindyourego@gmail.com

OUTLINE OF WORKSHOP

Outline of Workshop

Outline:

What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness and the Past, Present, and Future
Incorporating the ten primary (life-changing) attitudes into your practice of mindfulness
Various ways for clients to apply mindfulness:
Giving up one’s addiction to thinking
Let go of upsetting emotions and negative self-talk
Change a negative mood into a positive one
Relieve other symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression
Stay relaxed and calm during the day by creating a quiet mind and learn how to maintain it
Self-Compassion - promoting self-care and self-forgiveness
Using mindfulness to enjoy life
The impact of mindfulness to improve one’s ability to focus and be the Observer
Being the Observer of challenging situations which enhances one’s ability to distance oneself from challenging "issues”
Use the experience of Present Moment Awareness to learn and enjoy life as it is
The “real” root causes of stress and learn how mindfulness overpowers most stress and enhances one’s ability to let go
The role emotions play in contributing to the client’s stress, anxiety, and depression
The role resistance plays in the client’s inability to let go of stress, anxiety, and depression
How clients can use breath and other new and unique coping skills, in conjunction with mindfulness, to address stress, anxiety, and depression
Expanded perspective of the power of focusing
Applying mindfulness to renew an individual’s perspective on life

Objectives

Objectives:

Identify and understand key concepts related to mindfulness.
Identify the basic skills of mindfulness to instruct your clients and to increase their self-awareness.
Identify the source of stress and how resistance and repressed/suppressed emotions affect the mind and body.
Identify cognitive and behavioral techniques to instruct the client in the management of emotions.
Utilize mindfulness to enhance the practitioner’s ability for self-assessment and self-awareness.
Demonstrate breathing techniques to promote mindfulness, wellness, and mental health.