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Intensive Mindfulness Training Course: Interventions for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Sex and More

Program Information

Objectives

Describe how clear psychoeducational descriptions of the relationship between mindfulness, neurobiology, and common disorders can be used to motivate clients to engage in treatment.
Communicate how a case conceptualization that draws upon neuropsychological principles can help clinicians establish realistic expectations and goals with clients.
Formulate treatment plans for anxiety that incorporate mindfulness strategies clients can use in and out of session to help alleviate symptoms.
Dissect the neurobiological underpinnings of how emotions are created, and communicate why this is important to the therapeutic process.
Employ mindfulness training and diaphragmatic breathing techniques that clients can use to help them manage unhealthy anger responses.
Construct treatment plans for depression that incorporate mindfulness interventions that can be used to interrupt rumination and automatic negative thoughts.
Characterize how mindfulness based stress reduction techniques can be used with clients to address prolonged periods of stress that can impact mental and physical health.
Consider the clinical impact of research regarding the effects of mindfulness based practices on the neuropsychological aspects of trauma.
Explore the clinical implications of research regarding the association between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction and outcomes.
Establish how barriers to implementing mindfulness can be overcome using informal techniques clients can incorporate into their daily lives.
Characterize how clinical tools that increase self-awareness can be used in therapy to help clients better manage their thoughts, emotions and behaviors.
Articulate the importance of the connection between therapist and client in contributing to positive clinical outcomes, and delineate how mindfulness may enhance the therapeutic relationship.