Mindfulness & Compassion in Clinical Practice

Mindfulness & Compassion in Clinical Practice
– In Therapy Coaching and Other Helping Conversations –

Mindfulness is a valuable approach that is increasingly being integrated into therapy, coaching and other helping conversations. This four-day course provides an in-depth understanding of the application and benefits of mindfulness and compassion in these contexts. You will learn different mindfulness techniques and how to use them effectively to reduce stress, build emotional resilience and promote client well-being. In addition, you will receive practical guidelines for integrating mindfulness and compassion into your existing therapeutic or coaching practice.

Whether you are a professional looking for new tools to support your clients or someone interested in mindfulness and compassion as a self-help tool, this course provides a solid foundation for applying mindfulness in a variety of helping conversations.

Practical information

Contents:

Mindfulness in therapy, coaching and other helping conversations is a skill training. During client contacts, students learn to embody mindfulness and to use mindfulness and compassion as a skill for attention and emotion regulation in a wide variety of psychological problems and other requests for help.

Goals

Gaining experience with mindfulness exercises and exercises in (self) compassion and applying them in both your own private life and in your professional life.

Learning to transfer mindfulness exercises to clients and being able to integrate mindfulness into treatments; in case of psychological complaints and/or in other counseling processes.

For whom

The training is intended for psychologists, psychiatrists, pedagogues, coaches, trainers, social workers, social workers, etc. who want to expand their therapeutic options.

Conditions for participation

• If you can answer one or more of the following questions in the affirmative, you meet the conditions to participate:
• Have you previously become acquainted with mindfulness and followed a mindfulness and/or compassion training?
• Would you like to know if and how you can use this in your own work as a professional.
• Do you want to examine your therapeutic attitude, are you curious about how mindfulness and mindfulness-based exercises can be meaningful to you?
• Do you want to deepen your basic therapeutic qualities; attention, acceptance, empathy, compassion, equanimity then you are most welcome at this course.

Working methods

• The theoretical framework of mindfulness and compassion in the therapeutic setting is explained;
• Presentations are in progress:
• There will be literature reviews and presentations, provided by the participants.
• We work with exercises and role play;
• There is room for your own case studies

Preparation

The students are asked to reflect on one or more goals related to participation in the course, to formulate them and to bring them to the first meeting.

Topics

• Integrating Mindfulness & Compassion in Psychotherapy
• Becoming a mindful therapist, deepening the basic qualities
• Scientific research into effectiveness
• Cultivating Mindfulness in the Therapeutic Relationship
• Practice concentration and open attention
• Equanimity and balance* Making mindfulness accessible, sequence of practice offerings
• Offer for different problems
• Beyond symptom relief
• Silence session
• Integration, meaning, symbol and evaluation

Date and location

Dates: On request
Location: Eindhoven
Price:
Inclusive: Literature and audio files
To enrol: Via registration form