Workshop Description:

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Are you like many other frustrated clinicians, wanting to incorporate mindfulness into your therapy practice but struggling to do so? All around you there are mindfulness articles and workshops that are ineffective to give you concrete, practical skills to help your clients.

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Take action today! An emerging evidence-based approach, called Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has proven effectiveness.

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In this new experiential workshop, immerse yourself in the entire MBCT curriculum, an 8-session structured program that combines mindfulness and cognitive therapy techniques.

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MBCT is evidenced-based and is an advanced clinical version of the popular Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

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Expert trainer Dr. Richard Sears will personally guide you step by step through core competencies of MBCT with passion, humor, and wisdom from his 30 years of teaching mindfulness. He will show you proven strategies for a wide range of psychological disorders, including:

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• PTSD

• Anxiety

• Chronic pain

• Addictions

• Depression

• And MORE!

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Overview:

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1. Determine the underlying mechanisms that make mindfulness techniques effective for stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, pain and addiction.

2. Identify the role of thoughts in perpetuating symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression as it relates to ruminating thoughts and behaviors in clients.

3. Identify the brain changes associated with mindfulness practice.

4. Examine how mindfulness builds upon and refines the evidence-based principles of Cognitive- Behavioral therapy (CBT).

5. Integrate mindfulness practices into traditional CBT thought records to help alleviate intrusive, obsessive-compulsive thoughts.

6. Utilize specific mindfulness-based techniques to disengage from the narrative of negative thoughts and emotions.

7. Identify the eight-session structure used in the MBCT program.

8. Differentiate between the group process in MBCT vs. CBT to avoid clients’ cycles of struggling with distressing thoughts and feelings.

9. Examine a 3-minute mindfulness exercise to improve the consistency of conscious choices rather than automatic reactions when distressed.

10. Choose decentering skills to reduce worry and ruminations.

11. Determine the three steps of the mindful inquiry process to make conscious choices.

12. Determine treatment considerations for using the MBCT curriculum with different client populations, including children.

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“There is no better way to learn mindfulness and MBCT than to experience it for yourself. Richard Sears has the expertise to immerse you in these concepts and skills to improve your clinical work as well as your own self-care.” -Zindel Segal, co-founder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

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“Richard Sears shares his wisdom and experience by providing a complete 8-week course of MBCT. Whether you’re an experienced provider or a novice, you’ll love seeing how Dr. Sears does this. When it resembles how you do it, you’ll feel validated. When it’s different, you’ll appreciate the fresh ideas.” -Ruth Baer, Ph.D., author of The Practicing Happiness Workbook and Mindfulness-based Treatment Approaches

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Speaker:

Richard W. Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Department of Psychology, where he teaches courses on psychopathology and clinical interventions. Dr. Sears has performed assessments and psychotherapy on a broad variety of individuals in a number of settings, including hospital inpatient units, community mental health centers, veteran’s hospitals, residential treatment centers, private practice, and forensic facilities. He regularly gives workshops on CBT, MBCT, ACT, and mindfulness across the United States and other countries. He is an author of over a dozen books, including The CBT & Mindfulness Toolbox and Mindfulness: Living through Challenges and Enriching Your Life in this Moment. His website is www.psych-insights.com