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)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An experiential Introduction to the theory and application of ACT:
8-9 June (Group Experiential) + 13-14 July (Skills Training) 2013 4 day course run over 2 Weekends Trainer: Martin Wilks and Henry Whitfield.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Intermediate Level Skills training in ACT as a one on one intervention:
Dates: 12-13 Oct + 16-17 Nov 2013 Trainer: David Gillanders, (D.Clin.Psychol.) ACBS Peer-reviewed ACT trainer & Henry Whitfield MSc
Prerequisite: An Experiential Introduction to ACT, and some experience of applying ACT to both clients and oneself.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Supervision Programme:
Monthly Trainer: Martin Wilks
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy: An experiential Introduction to the theory and application of MBCT:
Dates: 14-15 Sept + 26-27 Oct 2013 Trainer: Martin Wilks
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy: Teacher development - Part 1:
Dates: 18-22 July 2013 (5 day course) Trainer: Patrizia Collard
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy: Teacher development - Part 2:
Training Dates: 11-15 Sept 2013 An intensive experiential 5 day training workshop offering space for nourishment, inspiration, exploration and learning Trainer: Patrizia Collard
Functional Analytical Psychotherapy (FAP):
Training Dates: 21-22 Oct 2013 Trainers: Jonathan W. Kanter, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee & Dr. Glenn M. Callaghan, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Supervision for Integrated Mindfulness Therapies (IMT) Programme and TIR Accreditation:
Date: Monthly Trainer: Henry Whitfield
Introduction to Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIRW) :
Date: TBA Trainer: Henry Whitfield
Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) Level1 Module2: Expanded Applications
Certificate in Expanded Applications of TIR and related techniques:
Certificate in Metapsychology Schema coaching - Creating new ways of being:
Certificate in Exploration and Enhanced Rapport:
Dr. David Gillanders D.Clin.Psychol , ACBS Peer-reviewed ACT Trainer
Also a clinical psychologist, David first became interested in ACT in around 2004 via the Contextual CBT for Chronic Pain work of Lance McCracken. As well as working as a clinician specialising in chronic pain, David also trains clinical psychology doctoral students in ACT. He has led a research programme in clinical health psychology, focusing on a variety of long term health conditions. This research has investigated different theoretical perspectives on psychological factors in long term conditions. This research strategy has supported thesis projects for 8 DClinPsychol students, and 3 PhD students. David has also worked on measuring cognitive defusion (a core process in ACT).
Martin Wilks MSc BSc. Psychol, Dip Couns. MSc Couns Psychol,Dip Couns Psychol. BPS Chartered
Martin has cultivated a personal mindfulness practice for over 20 years. He runs mindfulness-based groups and counselling services in a London prison. In private practice, for the last 4 years, he has used ACT in short term work and weaves many ACT practices and procedures into longer term mindfulness-based psychotherapy. His research interests include the integration of meditation with co-counselling.
Henry J. Whitfield MSc (CBT/REBT) MBACP, Accredited Advanced TIR trainer and TIR practitioner (TIRA)
Henry began Mindfulness Training Ltd in 2006. His research interests include the theoretical and practical integration of mindfulness with cognitive behavioural theories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy processes and in case-formulated applications of mindfulness. After 4 years as a trauma specialist for Victim Support Lambeth, Henry has since conducted empirical research for City and Hackney Mind, and SPCP Regents College, London investigating psychological process in counselling. He also works in private practice, and teaches widely on the subject of Mindfulness-consistent therapies.
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.
Jonathan W. Kanter, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dr. Jonathan Kanter is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). He is Director of the UWM/MCW Depression Treatment Specialty Clinic and a Core Center Scientist at UWM’s Center for Addictions and Behavioral Health Research. His research covers FAP, Behavioral Activation, and stigma related to depression. He has written numerous empirical and theoretical articles on FAP and provided workshops to student and professional audiences. He is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has edited or co-authored 5 books, including “A Guide to Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Awareness, Courage, Love, and Behaviorism” with several other authors. He currently is the recipient of two federal research grants on Behavioral Activation through the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr Kanter gave the inaugural workshop on Behavioural Activation for the SIG in 2009 and received excellent feedback
Glenn M. Callaghan, Ph.D. Univ Of Nevada-Reno, 1998
Dr. Glenn Callaghan is Full Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University (SJSU) and a lecturer at Palo Alto University. He is Training Director of the clinical psychology graduate program and director of the Center for Innovative Assessment and Treatment at SJSU. His research covers FAP, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the combination of the two (FACT), and clinical problems related to depression, body image disturbance, and personality disorders. He also has written empirical and theoretical articles on FAP, and has developed one of the assessment systems used in FAP (the Functional Idiographic Assessment Template, or FIAT and FIAT-Q, now translated in 3 languages) as well as the process coding measure frequently used in FAP research (the Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Rating Scale, or FAPRS). He has provided workshops to students and professional audiences across the United States and in Australia. He is the author of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has co-authored 2 books. His training goals continue to be to disseminate FAP as both a stand-alone intervention and to enhance other interventions including ACT and CBT.