TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Professionals
Online continuing education hours: 5
DESCRIPTION
Mindfulness: An Introduction is an online and experiential continuing education course for mental health professionals. Mindfulness: An Introduction offers an introduction to some of the skills of mindfulness, discusses how these skills may be used in a therapeutic setting, and discusses some forms of therapy that integrate mindfulness with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The course also includes some experiential exercises so the student may try the skills.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Discuss and describe the concept of Mindfulness
- Differentiate between Doing Mode and Being Mode
- Discuss Differentiation and how it relates to Mindfulness
- Discuss Individuation and how it relates to Mindfulness
- Discuss emotional regulation and how it relates to Mindfulness
- Discuss and describe Emotional Mind, Rational Mind, and Wise Mind
- Discuss the process of Externalization and how it relates to Mindfulness
- Discuss and describe Positive and Negative Thought Streams
- Describe and discuss the Mindful Skill of Observing
- Describe and discuss the Mindful Skill of Describing
- Describe and discuss the Mindful Skill of Fully Participating
- Describe and discuss the Mindful Skill of Being Non-Judgmental
- Describe and discuss the Mindful Skill of Focusing on One Thing at a Time
- Describe and discuss the Mindful Skill of Being Effective
- Describe and discuss the Mindful Skill of the Power of Intention
- Describe and discuss the dialectic of Acceptance vs. Change
- Describe and discuss Mindful Acceptance
- Describe and discuss Letting Go
- Be able to conduct a basic Mindful Meditation
- Discuss how Mindfulness may be used with CBT
- Discuss several Mindfulness-Based forms of therapy
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SECTION 1: Mindfulness Skills
In this section, we will discuss some of the techniques of Mindfulness and how to apply these techniques in a therapeutic setting. There are several exercises in this section that can be used with patients. You will be asked to participate in these exercises so that you will be familiar with them when using them in a clinical setting.
SECTION 2: Mindful Meditation
In this section, you will be asked to fully participate in two Mindful Meditation exercises. The meditations are audio files that are included in the course materials.
You may use these for with your own patients as long as original files are kept intact. By participating in these exercises, you will gain firsthand experience in the techniques of mindful meditation. This experience will help you to coach your patients as you teach them meditation skills. It will also help you to grow in your own practice of mindfulness, allowing you to be present in the moment when in session with patients.
SECTION 3: Using Mindfulness with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This section will look at some of the basic techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), an overview of four mindfulness-based forms of cognitive behavioral therapy, and how to integrate Mindfulness skills into CBT in a clinical setting.
Notes on the Format of this Online Continuing Education Program
There is an extensive References section at the end of the course containing all works cited in this course material. There are also handouts and worksheets in each section for use with your patients. You may copy and redistribute these for use with your patients as long as you leave the copyright information intact.
When you have successfully completed all the worksheets, you are ready to take the final exam. You will need to pass the exam with a score of 80% or higher in order to get a certificate. You have three attempts to pass the course.
When you achieve 80% or higher, a Certificate of Completion in pdf format will be generated. This will be available on the main page for this course.
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