Eliminating Mental Distress

Techniques for Clients

Advanced Mindfulness

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Mindfulness-based techniques you can use with your clients right away

Explore the exciting convergence of mindfulness and neuroscience

Incorporate our understanding of the mind and brain into therapy

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MINDFULNESSLatest mindfulness research Nine stages of mindfulness practiceThree observations in deeper mindfulness practiceFour mind-statesMindfulness to reduce distress

EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE 1: CALM ABIDING: DISCUSSION OF MEDITATION EXPERIENCELatest Research on Mindfulness and the BrainModel of the brainBrain’s alarm systemFight-or-flight and stress responsesExplicit and implicit memory“Emotional hijackings” & neural staticEmotional memory and the present experience of anxiety, anger and depressionCase studies

EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE 2: DEVELOPING INSIGHTOvercoming the Obstacles to Mindfulness TreatmentA deeper understanding of the five major hindrances and eight antidotes in mindfulness trainingInterconnectedness and the three obscurations Mindfulness-based relapse prevention “Thought sealing” techniques to strengthen focusThe nine levels of calm abiding

EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE 3: CULTIVATING LOVING KINDNESSBehavioral Experiments and ExposureComparing relaxation training and mindfulnessThe 12-step Model of Interdependent Cause and EffectOne-pointed mindfulness practice using visualizationsRiddles and paradoxes to defeat anxiety responsesLoving kindness mindfulness practice

EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE 4: INTERRUPTING PERSISTENT THOUGHTSGoing Beyond: More Aspects of the Mind and BrainHow the brain functions under duressUnderstanding fMRI brain scans What has the most recent research found?Comparing object-focused mindfulness to open-focused mindfulness Customizing techniques for clients based on researchCase studies

EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE 5: MIND TRAININGThe Recent Paradigm Shift in NeuroscienceExpanded concepts of brain plasticityThe discovery of mirror neurons and their roleNew techniques and treatment modalities

The Eight Ways Out of DistressDefocusing from our self-centered orientationRestraining our habitual tendency to worryPracticing the way out of the eight mundane concernsRetrain the mind to be kind, compassionate, joyful and balanced toward ourselves and others

EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE 6: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Objectives1 Identify the common elements of

mindfulness.

2 Demonstrate easy-to-understand mindfulness practices to clients in distress.

3 Summarize the different levels of mindfulness.

4 Describe the latest developments in neuroscience related to effective treatment.

5 Incorporate our understanding the mind and the brain into therapy.

6 Explain how to let go of distressful thinking patterns.

7 Apply specific mindfulness practices in both your personal and professional life.

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Donald F. Sloane, LCSW, director, Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, St. Louis, has over 30 years of clinical experience and has been using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for 25 years. A graduate of Washington University, St. Louis, he was the coordinator of out-patient and in-patient programs at Jewish Hospital’s Behavioral Medicine Center from 1982 to 1987, during which time he specialized in relaxation training, biofeedback and cognitive behavioral treatment of a variety of stress- and pain-related disorders, as well as depression and anxiety disorders. His work with a phobic patient was recognized in Newsweek, May 1986.

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Don is also a lay ordained Chan Buddhist teacher. He started meditation practice in 1969 under the mentorship of Ho Kuang-Chung. He also began practicing yoga that same year. In the early 1970s, Don trained in T’ai Chi at the Cheng Man-ch’ing School in New York. He later trained under Al Chung-liang Huang (author of Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain) and founded and directed the T’ai Chi Institute of St. Louis from 1976 to 1983. Later, he studied with a Tibetan Lama from the Kagyu lineage, learning various meditation techniques, particularly Mind Training (Lo Jong). During the past five years, Don has returned to practice meditation from the Chan (Zen) tradition. He has taken lay precepts and vows from the Linji tradition. His article on Karma was published in Right View magazine, Spring 2007.

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Are you feeling stuck with clients who have symptoms of emotional dysregulation: depression, anxiety & trauma?

Do traditional therapies at times feel mechanical or forced?

Take home interventions from this seminar and use mindfulness and deep awareness as a way to create new brain pathways – and promote emotional regulation from the inside out.

You will learn about the three mental seals, the four cultivated mind-states, the nine stages of calm

abiding and the 12-step Model of Interdependent Cause and Effect. Leave this seminar better equipped to teach mindfulness to your clients using a variety of techniques that you can adapt to specific symptoms.

• Mindfulness-based techniques you can use with your clients right away

• Explore the exciting convergence of mindfulness and neuroscience

• Incorporate our understanding of the mind and brain into therapy

One-Minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways to Find Peace, Clarity and New Possibilities in a Stressed-Out WorldBy Donald Altman, MA, LPCBeing fully in each moment leads to peace and well-being — but it’s harder than it sounds, especially in a world with constant demands on our time and attention. How do you practice mindfulness when you’re faced with difficult coworkers, overwhelming schedules, or stubborn kids? In this book, Donald Altman brings the benefits of mindfulness down to earth and into everyday

life. With fifty exercises and practices to build awareness and center attention, you will discover how to savor routine pleasures, build fulfillment in your work, enhance and heal relationships, change unhealthy habits, and connect to peace even in the midst of chaos or uncertainty.

Mindfulness Skills WorkbookBy Debra Burdick, LCSWR, BCNMost Comprehensive Mindfulness Skills Workbook Available

Like no other resource, Mindfulness Skills Workbook combines the latest research and best practices -- all in a simple guide to successfully teach mindfulness to your clients.

This comprehensive workbook provides the theory behind each tool, a step-by-step process to implement, and expert guidance on processing client results.

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