Training in Mindfulness-based Cognitive behavioural therapies
Our Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training is approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Trainer: Patrizia Collard PhD Training Dates: 15-16 Sept + 13-14 Oct 2012 4 day course Fee: £540 or £480 if paid two calendar months before the start of course. The fees include one ½ hour tutorial that must be arranged in person with Dr Collard at the end of the course to be taken within the following 2 months. Location: 11 mins from London Bridge by train. Accommodation available at the same venue for £30/night (Only 2 rooms)
This four day course teaches you mindfulness interventions (meditations, every-day mindfulness and mindful movement) and will introduce you to ways of identifying and dealing with difficult physical sensations, feelings and moods commonly associated with stress, anxiety, pain and depression. The experience of working in a group can enhance one's own learning as we observe how fellow human beings grow and change. This course is also appropriate for those who just want to experience MBCT for their own wellbeing. Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy has been developed with the aim of reducing relapse and recurrence for those who are vulnerable to episodes of depression. This empowering way of working has also gained empirical validation. It is needed because the risk of relapse and recurrence in those who have been depressed is very high, and the amount of triggering required for each subsequent episode becomes lower each time depression recurs. Jon-Kabat-Zinn's book, Full Catastrophe Living (1990; New York: Delacorte) describes many of the methods used in the MBCT programme and is an excellent introduction to clinical applications of mindfulness meditation training, also applicable to chronic pain, anxiety, and stress-related physical illness.
Dr. Patrizia C. Collard PhD, BABCP accredited, UKCP reg., MISMA, MAC
Patrizia is an experienced MBCT and MBSR trainer and is a Senior Lecturer for Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling (University of East London). Patrizia was also resident in Hong Kong and China for 9 years where she studied Taoism, Buddhism, Energy work, Meditation and Yoga. Patrizia also has research interests in Autism and Mindfulness.