One day Introduction to Mindfulness-based therapies

Trainer: Henry Whitfield

Date: TBA
Venue: SR Office 2, 114-118 Parkway, London, NW1 7AN
Fee: £95

Mindfulness has recently received much empirical validation in academic communities, as an effective psychotherapeutic intervention. As a result Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and other mindfulness therapies are regularly used in mainstream settings such as the NHS. This workshop comprises an experiential introduction to Mindfulness therapies, including exercises taken from MBCT, ACT, and Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR).

The day will cover:

• 'Mindfulness' as a multi facetted concept, as understood in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and other mindfulness oriented therapies such as Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR).
• Practical applications of mindfulness including methods from MBCT, ACT, for responding to the effects of stress or other challenging psychological situations.
•  An experiential understanding of mindfulness through the practice of these methods.

By the end of the course you will:

• Understand experientially the concept of Mindfulness from three different angles.
• Understand experientially how mindfulness is applied in various empirically validated mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapies.
• Have examples of methods from the three approaches that you could use with clients
  

TIR Trainer:

Henry J. Whitfield MSc (CBT/REBT) MBACP, Accredited Advanced TIR trainer and TIR practitioner (TIRA) Henry has research interests in the theoretical and practical integration of mindfulness with cognitive behavioural theories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and in case-formulated applications of mindfulness. After 4 years as a trauma specialist for Victim Support Lambeth, Henry now works with Refugees and trauma victims at City and Hackney Mind. He also works in private pratice, and teaches on the subject of Mindfulness-consistent therapies extensively .