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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The Center for Mindful Living is pleased to offer workshops and seminars designed for health care practitioners. Our offerings include professional development seminars, some with continuing education credits, and retreats to enhance personal well being and the integration of mindfulness into one's professional life. In additional to our scheduled programs we are available for individual professional consulting. Please contact the Center for more information.

 

 


 



HELPING WOMEN WITH EATING DISORDERS:
A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH

October 3, 2008 9:30-11:30 am
Center for Mindful Living, Hartford, CT
Facilitators: Jo Nol, Ph.D.,LCSW, Char Wilkins, LCSW
2 CECs. Pre-registration required.

Mental healthcare workers need to understand the physiological and psychological underpinnings of compulsive eating and endless cycles of dieting. Just as with other compulsive disorders, eating problems demand new, comprehensive approaches. Drawing from three empirically supported theories: Mindfulness-based practice, Control-mastery theory and the principles of the South Beach program, they have developed a program in which women are supported in making physiological, psychological and ultimately dynamic shifts toward improved self-care and safe, gradual weight loss. (2 CECs).  Program brochure
 

BRINGING MINDFULNESS TO EATING DISORDERS, WEIGHT ISSUES
AND BODY IMAGE

One day workshop for professionals
Friday, October 17, 2008 9:00am-3:15pm
Center for Mindful Living, Hartford, CT
Facilitators: Char Wilkins, LCSW, Susan Woods, LICSW
Pre-registration required. CEU/CECs pending.

Some of the most difficult forms of suffering we see in our clients are those that involve unhealthy eating behaviors, body image and weight issues.. This day-long highly experiential workshop will explore mindfulness-based strategies that allow a clinician to increase their own clinical skills and facilitate shifts in clients’ cognitive, emotional and habitual behaviors around food and body issues. Program details
 

ATTACHMENT AND ADDICTION:
TWO APPROACHES TO THE MIND/BODY CONNECTION

(For mental health professionals)
Friday October 24, 2008 9:00-4:00 pm
Center for Mindful Living, Hartford, CT
Facilitators: Jo Nol, Ph.D., LCSW and Char Wilkins, LCSW
6 CECs. Pre-registration required

Two approaches to working with the mind/body connection are offered in this mini-conference which includes lunch. Dr. Nol will present on Psychotherapy and Addictions: A Control-mastery and countertransference workshop addressing addictions (4 CECs) and Char Wilkins will present on Mindfulness in Psychotherapy looking at the application of mindfulness to attachments and aversions in the therapeutic setting. (2 CECs).  Program brochure
 

INVESTIGATING AWARENESS WITH ENGAGED ATTENTION
November 7-9, 2008
The Mercy Center, Madison, Connecticut
Facilitators: Char Wilkins, LCSW, Susan Woods, LICSW
CECS pending

Even when it is our intention to take better care of ourselves in our personal and professional lives, we often neglect our own self-care, falling into old habitual ways of thinking and reacting that aren't useful. This retreat/training for professionals is focused on helping you explore the relevance of formal and informal mindfulness practice in terms of your personal well-being and professional intention. The heart of these three days will be in exploring how the embodiment of practice can not only inform our personal lives, but transform how we experience and are with others' suffering.  Program brochure
 

MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY (MBCT)
Professional Training Program (Level 2
)
November 14 – 22, 2008
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Massachusetts, USA
Facilitators: Ferris Urbanowski, Char Wilkins, LCSW, Susan Woods, LICSW
Pre-registration required. CECs available for mental healthcare professionals

This advanced teaching and study program is intended for those professionals who have an established personal mindfulness practice, and experience of teaching MBCT. It is for those who are willing to enter into the intense nature of this training and who are aware of the necessity of personal practice as a platform from which to teach. The program is highly interactive and fosters sustained attentiveness to personal practice through the silent aspects of the week as well as emphasizing the development and advancement of teaching skills around the implementation of the MBCT program. Program details
 

MINDFULNESS-BASED EATING AWARENESS TRAINING (MB-EAT)
May 17-22, 2009
Joshua Tree Retreat Center, Southern California
Facilitators: Jean Kristeller, PhD, Char Wilkins, LCSW
Pre-registration required. 25 continuing education credits will be offered for psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and marriage & family therapists.


The first intensive workshop/retreat ever offered to healthcare professionals in this innovative treatment protocol. Developed by Dr. Kristeller and her colleagues, this highly experiential training emphasizes the foundational nature of mindfulness practice and the practical application of it in helping people change their relationship to eating, including working with overeating, binge eating and weight management in general. Program details


 

 


 

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