Paul and I provide professional supervision and training in Mindfulness-Baased Therapy. Shown below are a number professional training programs we have developed for suitably qualified mental health professionals. The 2-day Integative workshop was delivered to clinical psychologists and allied mental health workers in Kalgoorlie in February 2011. In 2010 and 2011 we delivered MBCT professional training courses to clinical psychologists and allied mental health professionals. Our workshops are designed to conform to the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA) continuing professional development requirements, and include a significant "active" component. Paul and I are also offering small group peer supervision for those individuals wishing to integrate mindfulness into their private clinical practice. Please contact us for more information.
Kind regards,
Mark Craigie and Paul Buttigieg, Directors of Integrated Psychotherapy Solutions.
Professional Training in 2012
The professional training workshops described below are being brought to you by Integrated Psychotherapy Solutions. Dates for our next courses are to be annouced by early 2012. Email Mark at mc.mindfulnesswa@gmail.com to be put on an email mailing list to be updated with further details about registration and peer supervision opportunties. With sufficient notice we are also willing to consider running additional workshops tailored to the needs of the audience both locally and regionally if circumstances and numbers permit.
On-Line Course Registration
To register, please click the appropriate course registration link:
MBCT Foundation -> Link to be announced.
MBCT Facilitator -> Link to be announced.
Integrating Mindfulness -> Link to be announced.
If wishing to pay and register off-line, please email Mark at mc.mindfulnesswa@gmail.com. for further information.
Important: For those people registering for the Foundation Course, please note that the course involves a significant amount of home-based meditation practice. As such, we request that prior to attending registrants obtain their own copy of either the Mark Williams MBCT CDs or the book, "The Mindful Way Through Depression" that comes with a practice CD. Details of how to obtain these meditation practice resources are shown at the bottom of this page.
MBCT Foundation Course - in Perth
This program is for mental health professionals without a meditation practice and little prior experience of mindfulness and MBCT. It involves an immersion in MBCT meditations and exercises, with daily home- based meditation practice as a key element. This course is a pre-requisite for the MBCT facilitator course. Cost: early-bird TBA (by TBA), standard rate TBA, no GST is charged for this workshop. Venue: Mt Claremont Community Centre. The workshop includes:
- Practice of key MBCT exercises like the raisin experiment.
- Stepping out of automatic pilot and learning how to be present.
- Guided meditation practice by experienced instructors.
- Practice of key mindfulness meditations, e.g. bodyscan, stretch and breath, and sitting.
- The 3-minute breathing space practice.
- Acceptance and working with difficulties practice.
- Relating to thoughts as thoughts practice.
- Four weekly sessions, every Tuesday evening (530pm-730pm). Mt Claremont Community Centre.
MBCT Facilitator Course - in Perth
This 2-day course will run very soon after completion of the Foundation course. In this program you will learn about the MBCT program structure and aims, theory of MBCT, and how to teach mindfulness meditation and key skills to clients. This program involves a large component of active practice and role plays. Completion of the previous MBCT Foundation Course, previous mindfulness experience, or completion of an MBCT program is a pre-requisite for attending. Cost: early-bird $TBA (by TBA), standard $TBA, no GST is charged. Venue: Wollaston Centre, Mt Claremont. The workshop includes:
- Selecting and assessing suitable clents for MBCT and mindfulness-based therapy.
- Coverage and pacing of the 8-session MBCT curriculum.
- Conveying course themes through interactive discussion and activities.
- Ways of integrating mindfulness principles and practices into therapy.
- Supervised role-plays and practice in small groups of key MBCT meditations activities.
- Short lectures, demonstrations, and discussions of MBCT theory and practices.
- Managing group processes and delivery issues.
- Strategies to assist individuals experiencing intense emotional reactions.
- Comprehensive training notes and practice exercise materials provided.
Note: The above two workshops were delivered as a combined program in 2010 that was an Australian Pyschological Society endorsed continuing professional development activity (10-550). The two workshops attracted a combined total of 20 hours of CPD with a significant active component. Relevant notes, powerpoint slides, and practice materials provided.
Integrating Mindfulness Practice into Psychotherapy - in Perth
The aim of this 2-day workshop is to provide clinical training in the key elements of mindfulness-based therapies. The experiences gained will have direct relevance to clinicians interested in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Dialectal Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and body-based psychotherapies such as Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. MBCT and ACT underlie the general framework and content for the workshop. Participants will learn key meditations used as part of the MBCT group program and how to apply mindfulness to individual therapy. The workshop is highly experiential and interactive and consists of short lectures, demonstrations, discussion, practice exercises and case examples. This is an intermediate level program for mental health professionals working in the public or private sector. Previous meditation experience and completion of at least an introductory ACT workshop is highly recommended. Training notes in the form of handouts and powerpoint slides will be provided. This is an APS endorsed event (Code: 11-427, CCLIN, CCOU, 13 hrs CPD). Cost: early-bird TBA, standard rate TBA, no GST is charged for this workshop. Venue: TBA.
In the workshop you will learn about:
- The theory of mindfulness-based therapy.
- The research evidence and clinical applications.
- An overview of MBCT programme structure and aims.
- Key mindfulness meditations and exercises.
- ACT as a clinical formulation roadmap.
- Teaching mindfulness concepts and meditations to clients.
- How to monitor the fight, fright, freeze response during therapy.
- Using the therapeutic relationship as a way of helping clients develop emotion regulation skills.
- Strategies to teach clients that improve emotion regulation.
- How to pace clinical interventions to minimise emotional dysregulation.
- Grounding techniques that help to reduce emotional arousal.
- Strategies to connect with, track and articulate experiences “felt” in the body.
- Using mindfulness with clients with a range of problems and coping styles.
- Mindfulness and meditation delivery issues.
Cancellation Policy: Refunds less a $75 administration fee are given to cancellations received in writing or by email by 5pm (Perth time) date TBA for the Integrating Mindfulness workshop. Refunds are not possible after this date. Integrated Psychotherapy Solutions regret any difficult or unforeseen personal circumstances that prevent people from attending. Integrated Psychotherapy Solutions reserves the right to cancel workshops if there is insufficient registrations to run the workshop, or in the unusual event of speakers falling ill or unable to attend due to exceptional unforeseen circumstances. In this special case, registration fees will be refunded in full. You will be notified of any changes in course information or location, or in the advent of cancellation.
Transfer of Registrations: Registrations are transferrable in full to another person on notification prior to the workshop. Please contact us if you wish to transfer your registration to someone else.
Pre-Workshop Preparation - Recommended
If you have registered and payed to attend any of our workshops, then please click the link below to go to our pre-workshop preparation page to download pre-workshop readings about mindfulness training. To open this page you will require a username and password (all lowercase) you will have received after registering. To assist with your professional training and mindfulness practice development, it is important before attending the MBCT Foundation Course to purchase some mindfulness practice CDs prior to the workshop. Some of the mindfulness meditation resources we recommend and how to purchase are described below.
Mindfulness Meditation Resources
Prior to attending the MBCT Foundation Course, it is important that you obtain some mindfulness practice CDs to use over the duration of the course. As one option, we recommend that you obtain your own copy of “The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness” by Williams, Teasdale, Segal, & Kabat-Zinn (2007). This book can be purchased on-line from most book sellers for about $35. We have also seen copies available at "The Bodhi Tree" Book Cafe on Oxford St in Mt Hawthorn (T: 94449884) for $30. It comes with a MBCT meditation CD by Jon Kabat-Zinn. It is a very good text for someone beginnig to practice mindfulness and contains a wealth of detailed instructions about mindfulness meditation.
Alternatively, you may wish to obtain copies of the official MBCT CDs for your own practice, especially if you intend to conduct MBCT groups or prefer Mark William's style of instruction. They can be purchased by mail from Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, OBMH NHS Foundation Trust, Warneford Hospital, Headington, OXFORD OX3 7JX, E-mail: kim.morris-smith@obmh.nhs.uk, Website: www.octc.co.uk. "A set of five CDs used in Oxford’s Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy program by Mark Williams et al.” at a cost of 25 GB pounds per CD set (includes return postage). You will need to obtain a bank cheque in UK pounds and post to the above address. Prices are subject to change. Please check pricing details at the OCTC website or email them before ordering. You will need to purchase these asap as they usually take about 2 weeks to arrive via mail.
Other Information
If you require more information please contact Mark Craigie at mc.mindfulnesswa@gmail.com. Paul Buttigieg and Mark Craigie are the authors of the workshop/s outlined on this page - copyright 2010.The design and content of this workshop and materials provided should not be copied or passed on to third parties without express permission of the authors.
Pre-workshop preparation page - click here!