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Don’t Just Do Something—Sit There!
Mindfulness for Personal and Professional Life
with Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD

Friday, June 13
(open to the General Public)

Saturday, June 14
(Health Care Professionals only)

Siena College
Sarazen Student Union
Loudonville, NY

9:00am – 4:30pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Mindfulness—awareness of the present moment with acceptance—is a deceptively simple way of relating to experience that has been practiced for over 2,500 years to alleviate human suffering. Recently, mental health professionals are enthusiastically discovering that mindfulness holds great promise for personal development and enhancing therapeutic relationships. Come and immerse yourself in this practice!

The first day of this workshop is designed to introduce mindfulness practice to both mental health professionals, as well as other psychologically minded people. Participants will first learn how to practice mindfulness to enrich and enliven their personal and professional lives. We will explore how mindfulness practice can help us to deal with the challenges of living in an ever-changing, uncertain world filled with complicated interpersonal relationships. You will learn a variety of formal and informal mindfulness techniques.

Day two is designed specifically for mental health and other human service professionals. We will further explore the practice of mindfulness, both inside and outside of the therapy hour. We will then discuss when and how to introduce various mindfulness techniques to clients or patients. Special techniques for treating Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, and Childhood Distress will be introduced. Throughout the workshop, we will examine contraindications for using mindfulness techniques, as well as creative ways to deal with the obstacles and challenges that arise when working with particular disorders and personalities.

Upon completion, clinicians will have a beginning foundation for integrating this exciting, potentially transformative practice into their lives and therapeutic work.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Day One: Mindfulness for Personal and Interpersonal Fulfillment
• Life is Difficult, for Everyone
• Mindfulness: What Is It, And Why Should I Care?
• Mindfulness: Formal and Informal Practice
• Restlessness, Doubt, and the Self-Critical Mind
• Narcissism: Not Just a Character Disorder
• Tracking the Flow of Connection & Disconnection
• Using Mindfulness to Enhance Relationships
• Using Mindfulness to Tolerate Not Knowing
• The Problem with the Pleasure Principle
• Using Mindfulness with Annoying People
• How to Be Happy

Day Two: Mindfulness- Based Clinical Interventions
• Empirically Tested Mindfulness-Based Treatments
• Tailor the Mindfulness Technique to the Patient
• Mindfulness for Parents and their Children
• Working with Depression: Entering the Dark Places
• Overcoming Anxiety by Befriending Fear
• Mindfulness in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Mindfulness to Treat Stress-Related Disorders
• Psycho-physiological Disorders as Doors to Personal Development

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is designed to be helpful to both professionals and the general public. Day one will be open to the general public; day two will be for professionals only. The course will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, nurses, education professionals, physicians, EAP workers, and all those interested in health and stress reduction. It is recommended that all professionals take Day 1 of this course prior to Day 2.

COST

(Includes Lunch)
Day One: $115
Day One & Two: $190
Discounts are available for students and multiple registrations. Please see printed brochure for details.

REGISTRATION

Please see printed brochure to register by mail or fax.

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