Seminar Detail
5-Day Retreat: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Certificate Course
- Where:
- BOONE, NC
- When:
- Wednesday, June 19, 2019 - Sunday, June 23, 2019
Course Description:
CBT and mindfulness practices are known to be some of the most effective treatment approaches for mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse disorders and more.
Now you can tap into the best of both evidence-based worlds by using Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) – a unique, structured treatment curriculum that expands upon mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices to drastically improve distress tolerance, awareness, insight and self-care in even the toughest clients.
In 5 days at the beautiful Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, NC, you’ll not only build the skills and confidence you need to improve outcomes for your clients but leave feeling restored, revitalized and ready to return to your deeply meaningful work. Expert trainer Dr. Richard Sears will personally guide you step by step through the core competencies of MBCT with passion, humor, and wisdom from his 30 years of teaching mindfulness. He will show you proven strategies for a wide range of psychological disorders, including:
CBT and mindfulness practices are known to be some of the most effective treatment approaches for mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse disorders and more.
Now you can tap into the best of both evidence-based worlds by using Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) – a unique, structured treatment curriculum that expands upon mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices to drastically improve distress tolerance, awareness, insight and self-care in even the toughest clients.
In 5 days at the beautiful Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, NC, you’ll not only build the skills and confidence you need to improve outcomes for your clients but leave feeling restored, revitalized and ready to return to your deeply meaningful work. Expert trainer Dr. Richard Sears will personally guide you step by step through the core competencies of MBCT with passion, humor, and wisdom from his 30 years of teaching mindfulness. He will show you proven strategies for a wide range of psychological disorders, including:
- PTSD
- Anxiety
- Chronic pain
- Addiction
- Depression
- And MORE
RETREAT SCHEDULE – June 19-23, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Thursday – Saturday, June 20-22, 2019
Sunday, June 23, 2019
* CE hours awarded during these specified times
Highlights of the Center
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
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3:00 – 4:30 pm - Check in
4:30 – 6:00 pm – Course Introduction*
6:00 – 7:00 pm - Dinner
7:00 – 7:20 pm – AOLRC Orientation
Thursday – Saturday, June 20-22, 2019
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7:30-8:15 am - Breakfast
8:30 – 11:30 am – Program*
12 – 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 – 4:00 pm – Program*
4:15 – 5:15 pm – Yoga (optional)
5:15 – 6:00 pm – Individual Activity/Free time
6 – 7:30 pm - Dinner
7:30 – 9 pm – Case/Practice Consultation with Dr. Sears (optional)
7:30 – 8:15 pm – Meditative Chant Kirtan (optional)
Sunday, June 23, 2019
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7:30 – 8:15 am - Breakfast
8:30 – 12:00 pm – Program*
12 – 1:30 pm – Closing lunch and departure
* CE hours awarded during these specified times
Highlights of the Center
- 380-acre setting in the peaceful Blue Ridge Mountains
- Plant-based dinging
- Incredible landscapes
- Bolsters
- Back Jacks
- Yoga Mats
- Yoga Blocks
- Yoga Blankets
- Yoga Straps
Sleeping Accommodations:
If you would like to be paired up with another potential, unknown attendee to take advantage of the double occupancy rate, please call and let us know. We will aim to pair you up if somebody else registers who also would like to share.
In the meantime, please register at the single occupancy rate. If we are able to pair people, the $200 will be credited.
If you would like to be paired up with another potential, unknown attendee to take advantage of the double occupancy rate, please call and let us know. We will aim to pair you up if somebody else registers who also would like to share.
In the meantime, please register at the single occupancy rate. If we are able to pair people, the $200 will be credited.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ART OF LIVING RETREAT CENTER, PLEASE CLICK HERE (artoflivingretreatcenter.org)
Cancellation Policy: Prior to 45 days before the event start date, you will be charged a $100 cancel fee. For cancellations received after that, you will receive a gift certificate for your purchase amount to attend any future live PESI sponsored seminar.
Please contact PESI customer service for information on non-CE seeking to register as a guest for pricing and other details.
Please contact PESI customer service for information on non-CE seeking to register as a guest for pricing and other details.
Objectives:
- Summarize the underlying mechanisms that make mindfulness techniques effective for reducing symptoms of stress and anxiety.
- Breakdown the role of thoughts in perpetuating symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression in clients.
- Provide clients with psychoeducation regarding the neurobiological impact of mindfulness practices to improve treatment outcomes.
- Connect how mindfulness builds upon and refines the evidence-based principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
- Incorporate mindfulness practices into traditional CBT thought records to help alleviate clients of intrusive, obsessive-compulsive thoughts.
- Utilize specific mindfulness-based techniques to help clients disengage from the narrative of negative thoughts and emotions.
- Teach clients mindfulness exercises that can be applied to daily life activities in a simple, manageable way.
- Organize the eight-session structure MBCT program in your own clinical setting.
- Differentiate between the group process in MBCT vs. CBT to avoid clients’ cycles of struggling with distressing thoughts and feelings.
- Practice guiding a client through a 3-minute mindfulness exercise to improve the consistency of conscious choices rather than automatic reactions when distressed.
- Explore the use of decentering skills with a client, in a session, in the reduction of worry and ruminations.
- Utilize MBCT-informed exposure techniques to reduce the distress related to unhelpful thoughts and feelings.
- Apply the three steps of the mindful inquiry process to help clients more quickly internalize positive skills.
- Identify the neurological processes that take place when mindfulness practices are utilized to treat symptoms of addiction, trauma, chronic pain and other disorders.
- Adapt the MBCT curriculum to meet the treatment needs of different client populations, including children and clients who have experienced trauma.
- Summarize the limitations of the research related to MBCT to better inform treatment interventions.
- Implement adaptions of MBCT interventions to meet the needs of resistant or “difficult” client populations.
- Utilize specific MBCT techniques for purposes of symptom relapse prevention.
- Identify potential risks of utilizing MBCT with clients who are not an appropriate fit for the treatment model.
- Utilize the mindful inquiry process to support clients in letting go of distress to make conscious behavioral choices.
- Evaluate the research that supports the efficacy of MBCT interventions in improving symptoms of depression and other mood disorders.
- Implement the ABC model for linking thoughts and emotions with clients.
- Apply movement-based mindfulness techniques, such as mindful stretching or walking, to assist clients in tolerating psychological discomfort.
- Determine how to develop an individualized MBCT-informed treatment plan to meet specific client needs.
- Incorporate self-care action plans for clients to assist in maintaining treatment progress and preventing relapse.
OUTLINE
Foundations of MBCT
Awareness and Automatic Pilot
Foundations of MBCT
- Original MBCT trials
- Evidence base for MBCT
- Neurological evidence
- Adaptation and expansion of CBT principles
- Decenter from strong and persistent negative thoughts
- Leading mindfulness exercises skillfully
- Mindful inquiry
Awareness and Automatic Pilot
- Raisin exercises – distinguish thinking and feeling
- Body scan – foundation to build attention
- Mindfulness of daily activities
- ABC model for linking thoughts and emotions
- Pleasant events calendar to foster attention to the positive
- Mindful breathing for stress and focus
- Mindful stretching for working with discomfort
- Mindful walking for dynamic mindfulness
- Unpleasant events calendar to relate differently to difficulty
- 3-Minute breathing space
- Mindfulness of breath, body, sounds to deepen awareness
- Working with difficulties without struggle
- Exposure to difficult thoughts and feelings to transform them
- Noticing thoughts without getting lost in them
- Purposefully exposing to strong thoughts and feelings
- Techniques for working wisely with difficult thoughts
- Recognize relapse signatures to prevent future problems
- Develop self-care action plans
- Personalize mindfulness practices for individual clients
- Maintain momentum of positive gains
- Depression
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Chronic pain
- PTSD
- Substance Use Disorders
- Children & Adolescents
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Case Managers
- Addiction Counselors
- Occupational Therapists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Psychotherapists
- Nurses
- Other Mental Health Professionals
RICHARD SEARS, PSYD, PHD, MBA, ABPP
Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), runs a private psychology and consultation practice, and is the director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness & Meditation. He has run hundreds of mindfulness groups and was lead clinician in the first brain scan study involving mindfulness with children and adolescents. He is also an adjunct professor in the University of Cincinnati psychology department, clinical research faculty at the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, volunteer professor of psychiatry & behavioral neurosciences at the UC College of Medicine, and a former research/psychologist contractor with the Cincinnati VA Medical Center.
His most recent books include ACT with Anxiety (PESI); The ACT Flip Chart (PESI); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Mindfulness Toolbox (PESI); Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life in the Moment (Wiley-Blackwell); Building Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (Routledge); and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (Wiley-Blackwell).
Dr. Sears is a sixth-degree black belt in Ninjutsu, and once served as a personal protection agent for the Dalai Lama with his teacher, Stephen K. Hayes. He has studied Eastern Wisdom for over 40 years, receiving ordination in three traditions, and transmission as a Zen master.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Richard Sears maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the University of Cincinnati, Alliance Integrative Medicine, and Wright State University. He receives compensation as a consultant. Dr. Sears receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Richard Sears is the founder and director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation and is a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology, the Academy of the American Board of Clinical Psychology, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. He is a peer reviewer for Mindfulness and a book reviewer for John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and Routledge.
His most recent books include ACT with Anxiety (PESI); The ACT Flip Chart (PESI); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Mindfulness Toolbox (PESI); Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life in the Moment (Wiley-Blackwell); Building Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (Routledge); and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (Wiley-Blackwell).
Dr. Sears is a sixth-degree black belt in Ninjutsu, and once served as a personal protection agent for the Dalai Lama with his teacher, Stephen K. Hayes. He has studied Eastern Wisdom for over 40 years, receiving ordination in three traditions, and transmission as a Zen master.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Richard Sears maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the University of Cincinnati, Alliance Integrative Medicine, and Wright State University. He receives compensation as a consultant. Dr. Sears receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Richard Sears is the founder and director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation and is a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology, the Academy of the American Board of Clinical Psychology, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. He is a peer reviewer for Mindfulness and a book reviewer for John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and Routledge.
Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live event only. After attendance has been verified, pre-registered attendees will receive an email from PESI Customer Service with the subject line, “Evaluation and Certificate” within one week. This email will contain a link to complete the seminar evaluation and allow attendees to print, email or download a certificate of completion if in full attendance. For those in partial attendance (arrived late or left early), a letter of attendance is available through that link and an adjusted certificate of completion reflecting partial credit will be issued within 30 days (if your board allows). Please see “live seminar schedule” for full attendance start and end times. NOTE: Boards do not allow credit for breaks or lunch.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
Addiction Counselors
This course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 21.5 CE in the Counseling Services skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
Counselors
This intermediate activity consists of 21.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
New York Counselors: CE credit is available. PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This activity will qualify for 25.75 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Pennsylvania Counselors: The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This Intermediate activity consists of 21.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Counselors: CE credit is available. This program has been approved for 21.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.
Marriage & Family Therapists
This activity consists of 1290 minutes of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. You should save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists: This program has been approved for 21.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses in full attendance will earn 21.5 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social Workers
Course Level: Intermediate. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Other Professions
This activity qualifies for 1290 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
Addiction Counselors
This course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 21.5 CE in the Counseling Services skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
Counselors
This intermediate activity consists of 21.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
New York Counselors: CE credit is available. PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This activity will qualify for 25.75 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Pennsylvania Counselors: The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This Intermediate activity consists of 21.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Counselors: CE credit is available. This program has been approved for 21.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.
Marriage & Family Therapists
This activity consists of 1290 minutes of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. You should save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists: This program has been approved for 21.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social Workers
Course Level: Intermediate. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Other Professions
This activity qualifies for 1290 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI Rehab, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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