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The Power of Mindfulness:
Mindfulness Inside and Outside the Therapy Hour
Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D.
 Mindfulness -- awareness of the present moment with acceptance -- is a deceptively simple way of relating to experience that has been practiced for over 2,500 years to alleviate human suffering. Recently, mental health professionals are enthusiastically discovering that mindfulness holds great promise both for their own personal development and as a way to enhance therapeutic relationships. It is also the central ingredient in a number of new empirically validated treatments, and is proving to be a remarkably powerful technique to augment virtually every form of psychotherapy.
Day One: Mindfulness and Personal Fulfillment
The first workshop day is designed to help you to understand mindfulness practice theoretically and experientially. Through lecture, demonstrations, participatory exercises, and small group discussion, we will see how mindfulness can enrich and enliven our lives both inside and outside of the therapy hour.
We will explore how mindfulness practice can help us to deal with the personal challenges of living in an ever-changing, uncertain world filled with complicated interpersonal relationships. We will investigate the role of mindfulness in working with thorny existential issues such as loneliness, alienation, illness and loss. You’ll learn a variety of formal and informal mindfulness techniques, and gain insights from both scientific and Buddhist Psychology into paths and obstacles to greater well-being.
Agenda __________
Day 1: Mindfulness for Personal and Interpersonal Fulfillment
8:30 – 10:00 am
Life is Difficult, for Everyone
Mindfulness: What Is It, And Why Should I Care?
Cultivating Mindfulness: Formal and Informal Practice
10:15 – 12:00 am
Working with Restlessness, Doubt, and the Self-Critical Mind
Narcissism: Not Just a Character Disorder
Mindfulness as an Antidote to Alienation
12:00 noon Lunch (on your own)
Optional Eating Meditation
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Tracking the Flow of Connection and Disconnection with Others
Developing Empathy for Annoying People without Becoming a Saint
Using Mindfulness to Enhance Intimate Relationships
3:15 – 4:30 pm
Using Mindfulness to Tolerate Not Knowing
The Problem with the Pleasure Principle
How to Be Happy: Lessons from Science and Buddhist Psychology
Day Two: Mindfulness-Based Clinical Interventions
Today we will focus on the integration of mindfulness practice into psychotherapy. First we'll examine how mindfulness practice can enhance therapeutic presence and transform understanding of the causes of psychological suffering. We will then discuss when and how to introduce various mindfulness techniques to our clients or patients. Special techniques for treating depression, anxiety, chronic pain, stress-related medical disorders and childhood distress will be introduced.
Throughout the workshop, we will examine contraindications for using mindfulness techniques, as well as creative ways to deal with the obstacles and challenges that arise when working with particular disorders and personalities. Upon completion, you will have a foundation for integrating this exciting, potentially transformative practice into both your personal life and your therapeutic work.
8:30 – 10:00 am
Common Elements of Mindfulness Practices
Empirically Tested Mindfulness-Based Treatments
Tailoring Mindfulness Techniques to Particular Patients
10:15 – 12:00 noon
Mindfulness for Parents and their Children
Working with Depression: Entering the Dark Places Together
Moving Toward Experience to Wake Up and Come Alive
12:00 noon Lunch (on your own)
Optional Eating Meditation
1:00-2:30 pm
Overcoming Anxiety by Befriending Fear
CBT on Steroids: The Wisdom of Insecurity
Beyond Pain Management: Mindfulness in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
2:45-4:30 pm
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: Our Evolutionary Design Flaw
Using Mindfulness to Treat Stress-Related Disorders
Psychophysiological Disorders as Doors to Personal Development
Learning Objectives
- Describe the three core components of mindfulness practice
- Demonstrate mindfulness experientially by learning to practice it oneself
- Specify how a therapist can best choose which mindfulness exercises are most appropriate for which individuals
- Describe the core attitute toward experience found in depression and how mindfulness practice can help to transform it
- Indicate the mechanisms that maintain anxiety disorders and how these can be altered using mindfulness practices
- Specify the core dynamics of chronic back pain and other psychophysiological disorders and how mindfulness practice can help to interrupt them
Workshop Information
Check-in begins at 7:45 am and the workshop hours are 8:30 am - 4:00 PM with an hour lunch on your own from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM and two fifteen minute breaks.
Earn 12 CE/CME Hours (UNA/ANCC Nurses = 12.5 hours)
Current Dates and Locations
Jan. 29-30, 2010
Hilton McLean Tyson`s Corner
7920 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 761-5226
Feb. 25-26, 2010
Four Points by Sheraton
3200 Boardwalk
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
(734) 996-0600
April 8-9, 2010
Holiday Inn Newark Airport
160 Frontage Road
Newark, NJ 07114
(973) 854-7809
April 22-23, 2010
Hilton Houston SW
6780 Southwest Freeway
Houston, TX 77074
(713) 977-7911
Registration Information
$269 Early registration (sent 14 days prior to workshop)
$289 Regular registration (on-site reg. is $309, space available)
Aide positions must be filled by phone. Please call for availability. Additional information will be required
To register by phone call 800-258-8411. Or register online on the Calendar Page
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