Mindfulness & PsychotherapyRonald D. Siegel, PsyD |
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Program SessionsMarch 2 - April 27May 4 - June 28 Sept 28 - Nov 22 |
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Take Your Work to a Deeper Level
Mindfulness is a deceptively simple way of relating to experience that has been practiced for over 2,500 years to alleviate human suffering. Recently, clinicians are enthusiastically discovering that mindfulness holds great promise as a way to enhance therapeutic relationships. It is also the central ingredient in a number of new empirically validated treatments, and is proving to be a remarkably powerful technique to augment virtually any form of psychotherapy.
Participants in this course will first learn how to practice mindfulness themselves- both inside and outside of the therapy hour and will explore the role of mindfulness in working with thorny existential issues such as loneliness, alienation, illness and loss. Special techniques for treating depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and childhood distress will also be introduced. Throughout the course, we will examine contraindications for using mindfulness techniques, as well as creative ways to deal with the obstacles and challenges that arise when working with particular disorders and personalities.
