Richard Sears – PESI – Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT): Experiential Workshop

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Richard Sears – PESI – Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT): Experiential Workshop

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

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

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

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

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:

• PTSD
• Anxiety
• Chronic pain
• Addictions
• Depression
• And MORE!

Add this treatment approach to your toolbox to use with individual clients or group therapy. No stressing, just follow the 8 sessions laid out in this recording!

Speaker
Richard W. Sears, PsyD, Ph.D., MBA, ABPP, has given hundreds of workshops on ACT all around the world. He is a board-certified clinical psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he runs a private therapy and consultation practice, and is Director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness & Meditation. He holds several academic appointments, including the Department of Clinical Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences with the UC College of Medicine. Dr. Sears is also a psychologist contractor with the Cincinnati VA Medical Center and with Alliance Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Sears is the author of over a dozen books, including ACT with Anxiety; The CBT & Mindfulness Toolbox and Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life. He is also a sixth-degree black belt in Ninjutsu and once served as a personal protection agent for the Dalai Lama of Tibet. He has a PhD in Buddhist Studies, and received ordination in three traditions, as well as recognition as a Zen master.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Richard Sears maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the University of Cincinnati and Wright State University. He receives compensation as a consultant. Dr. Sears receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Richard Sears is the founder and director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation and is a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology, the Academy of the American Board of Clinical Psychology, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. He is a peer reviewer for Mindfulness and a book reviewer for John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and Routledge.

Objectives

1. Compile the underlying mechanisms that make mindfulness techniques effective for stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, pain, and addiction.
2. Breakdown the role of thoughts in perpetuating symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression as it relates to ruminating thoughts and behaviors in clients.
3. Describe the brain changes associated with mindfulness practice to explain to clients the scientific effectiveness of practicing mindfulness.
4. Connect how mindfulness builds upon and refines the evidence-based principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
5. Incorporate mindfulness practices into traditional CBT thought records to help alleviate clients of intrusive, obsessive compulsive thoughts.
6. Utilize specific mindfulness-based techniques to help clients disengage from the narrative of negative thoughts and emotions.
7. Organize the eight session structure used MBCT program in your own clinical setting.
8. Differentiate between the group process in MBCT vs. CBT to avoid clients’ cycles of struggling with distressing thoughts and feelings.
9. Practice guiding a client through a 3-minute mindfulness exercise to improve the consistency of conscious choices rather than automatic reactions when distressed.
10. Explore the use of decentering skills with a client, in a session, in the reduction of worry and ruminations.
11. Apply the three steps of the mindful inquiry process, after the mindfulness exercise is over, to help clients more quickly internalize the skills and attitudes that allows them let go of struggle and make conscious choices.
12. Adapt the MBCT curriculum to different client populations, including children, as it relates to treatment considerations.

Outline

Competencies of MBCT

• Foundations of MBCT
  Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)​
  Original MBCT trials
  Evidence base for MBCT
  Neurological evidence
• Principles
  Adaptation and expansion of CBT principles
  Decenter from strong and persistent negative thoughts
  Leading mindfulness exercises skillfully
  Mindful inquiry

MBCT Curriculum & Core Therapeutic Tasks

• Session 1: Awareness and Automatic Pilot
  Raisin exercise – distinguish thinking and feeling
  Body scan – foundation to build attention
  Mindfulness of daily activities
• Session 2: Living in Our Heads
  ABC model for linking thoughts and emotions
  Pleasant events calendar to foster attention to the positive
  Mindful breathing for stress and focus
• Session 3: Gathering the Scattered Mind
  Mindful stretching for working with discomfort
  Mindful walking for dynamic mindfulness
  Unpleasant events calendar to relate differently to difficulty
  3-Minute breathing space
• Session 4: Recognizing Aversion
  Mindfulness of breath, body, sounds to deepen awareness
  Working with difficulties without struggle
• Session 5: Allowing/Letting Be
  Exposure to difficult thoughts and feelings to transform them
  Noticing thoughts without getting lost in them
• Session 6: Thoughts are Not Facts
  Purposefully exposing to strong thoughts and feelings
  Techniques for working wisely with difficult thoughts
• Session 7: How Can I Best Take Care of Myself?
  Recognize relapse signatures to prevent future problems
  Develop self-care action plans
• Session 8: Maintaining and Extending New Learning
  Personalize mindfulness practices for individual clients
  Maintain momentum of positive gains

Clinical Issues – Advanced Strategies for Working with Challenging Clients

• Adaptations of MBCT for:
  Depression
  Stress
  Anxiety
  Chronic Pain
  PTSD
  Substance Use Disorders
  Children & Adolescents

Limitations of the Research & Potential Risks

• Most research has been done in group settings
• Best when clients have the cognitive capacity to engage in the practices
• Adaptations must be made for acute conditions and special populations
• Mindfulness involves moving into experiences, which may cause a temporary exacerbation of symptoms

Evaluations and Dissemination

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Case Managers
• Addiction Counselors
• Occupational Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Psychotherapists
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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