With over 40 million Americans suffering from an anxiety disorder, 25 million struggling with clinical depression, and 100 million living with life-shattering chronic pain, you see a lot of human suffering in your office.
While there may not be a secret elixir to wash away life’s problems, there is the skill of mastering and applying mindfulness to heal even the most complex wounds.
In this intensive online course, Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, draws upon brain science and concepts from Interpersonal Neurobiology to demonstrate how you can help your clients regulate their emotions and rewire their brains through practices such as focused attention, selective memory, and strengths-based storytelling.
Don’t miss your opportunity to bring a comprehensive menu of transformative mindfulness tools to your practice.
Learn to utilize practical and evidence-based mindfulness tools that radically alter clients' habitual and conditioned reactions.
Make brain science easy to understand for your clients! Clearly demonstrate for clients how they can regulate emotions and rewire their brains.
Walk away with the confidence to adapt these many tools for different populations in order to create a clear roadmap to wellness for clients.
- Cutting Edge Research & Resources
- Introducing Mindfulness to Your Clients
- The Power of Sense Grounding
- Brain Basics, Metacognition, & Interpersonal Neurobiology
- The Behavioral Side of Mindfulness
- Mindful Laughter for Depression & Grief
- The Uplifting Power of Storytelling
- Managing Moods Through Attention & Selective Memory
- Harnessing Gratitude to Increase Positive Emotions
- Healing Emotional Pain Through Acceptance, Forgiveness, & Compassion
- Mindfulness for Addictive Cravings
- Changing the Perception of Pain
- The Power of Sense Grounding Trauma
- Reducing Anxiety by Mindfully Managing Transitions
- Re-Envisioning & Refocusing
Featuring 50 easy to use, reproducible handouts and expertly crafted, guided scripts, this workbook is ideal for clinicians wanting to integrate mindfulness into their work.
...about Donald Altman's Advanced Mindfulness training:
"Mr. Altman's workshop was superb, wonderfully experiential, and filled with both excellent research and useful tools. Thank you!" — Richard, LCMHC (Burlington, VT)
"Thank you! Program was comprehensive and provided ideas of thought for self-improvement/nourishment for self-care & also tangible suggestions to utilize with clients." — Susan, OT (Fairbanks, AK)
"Fantastic teacher. Real, practical, usable." — Elizabeth, MSW (Raymond, NH)
"Mind opening – so many things are taken for granted." — Maura, LSCSW (Lawrence, KS)
"GREAT information and I would recommend it to others." — Tina, Counselor (Saco, ME)
Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, award-winning writer, former Buddhist monk, teacher and an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling. He is also a faculty member of the Interpersonal Neurobiology program at Portland State University and teaches various classes blending mindfulness and Interpersonal Neurobiology.
A prolific writer whose career spans more than 25 years, Donald has authored several pioneering books on mindfulness, beginning with his 1998 Art of the Inner Meal. His book, The Mindfulness Code was named as “One of the Best Spiritual Books of 2010.” He has also authored Meal By Meal, Living Kindness, One Minute Mindfulness, The Joy Compass, The Mindfulness Toolbox: 50 Practical Tips, Tools & Handouts for Anxiety, Depression, Stress & Pain and his newest book, 101 Mindful Ways to Build Resilience: Cultivate Calm, Clarity, Optimism & Happiness Each Day.
In addition to his books, Donald was a staff writer for an EMMY-Award winning children’s television show (“The Magic Door”, CBS Chicago), won an American Medical Writer’s Association award, co-created the first interactive comic strip on America Online, and has had articles appear in New Age Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and Independent Business Magazine, among others.
Donald reaches out to the professional community by serving as the vice president of The Center for Mindful Eating. Donald works extensively with mindful meditation in his own life, as well as offering these tools to others through his books and classes. He teaches mindfulness and spiritual values around the country. He is dedicated to bringing these ancient practices in tune with modern living and to invite wellness into our stress-filled lives. Donald is also a member of the Burma Buddhist Association. An avid motorcyclist, he enjoys riding his motorcycle along the beautiful Oregon coast.
Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Donald Altman is in private practice. He is an Adjunct Faculty member of the Interpersonal Neurobiology Program at Portland State University. Mr. Altman receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. Non-financial: Donald Altman has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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