ONLY GRADUATES OF MBCT/MBSR & RELATED PROGRAMS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.
Mindfulness-Based Programs (MBPs), and their evidence-based adaptations, have been shown to be trans-therapeutic interventions of benefit to those with a range of transdiagnostic emotional disorders. The path for competently and ethically teaching MBPs includes, but is not limited to, experiential participation in the traditional 8-session MBCT or MBSR program in the role of participant-observer followed by ongoing development of competence. Such development includes direct experiences in a variety of MBPs that support implementation with populations practitioners have expertise serving. This virtual CE training offers the opportunity to observe experienced professionals model implementation of an intermediate level curriculum designed to deepen the benefits of the MBCT, MBSR, & related adaptations of evidence-based MBP curricula.
This course will reveal how recent advances in neuroscience combined with the millenia-old wisdom traditions and contemplative mindfulness- and related meditation practices can support an exploration of a construct known as “feeling tone”. In this course, you will become more aware of the “background color” that guides thoughts, feelings and emotions which is the tipping point from which adaptive responses are possible in the service of reclaiming one's life.
This virtual and live INTERMEDIATE LEVEL workshop is open only to licensed mental-health professionals & advanced post-doctoral level trainees who have completed a foundational MBCT or MBSR course & to certified teachers of MBSR, MBCT, MBRP, & other evidence-based MBPs.
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Meeting Schedule. Partial CE cannot be awarded and those seeking CE must attend 8 weekly 1.5 hour sessions, 2 of which (after weeks 6 & 7) are followed by a 15 minute break and then dialogue about required readings and clinical applications. All are also invited (not required) to engage in daily mindfulness practice of 20-40 minutes per day.
Wednesdays, 4:30 – 6:00 pm EST from March 20 to May 1 for 1st seven 90 min sessions, with final session on June 5. For CE option, weeks,6 & 7 of session dates (April 24 & May 1of 2024) followed by a 15 minute break and then 75 and 45 mins, respectively of additional CE training linked to content of experiential training & below required readings.
Required reading for ALL participants (even if not seeking CE)
Williams, M., & Penman, D. (2023). Deeper Mindfulness: The New Way to Rediscover Calm in a Chaotic World. Hachette UK.
REQUIRED READINGS (IF SEEKING CE ONLY)
Cayoun and Shires. Co-emergence Reinforcement and Its Relevance to Interoceptive Desensitization in Mindfulness and Therapies Aiming at Transdiagnostic Efficacy (2020) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7783049/
Desbordes G, et al., Moving beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research. Mindfulness (N Y). 2014 Jan 21;2014(January):356–72. doi: 10.1007/s12671-013-0269-8. PMID: 25750687; PMCID: PMC4350240.
Moore MT, Lau MA, Haigh EAP, et al. Association between decentering and reductions in relapse/recurrence in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression in adults: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2022 Feb;90(2):137-147. DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000718. PMID: 35343725.
Williams, J. M. G., Baer, R., Batchelor, M., Crane, R. S., Cullen, C., De Wilde, K., ... & Taylor, L. (2022). What Next After MBSR/MBCT? An Open Trial of an 8-Week Follow-on Program Exploring Mindfulness of Feeling Tone (vedanā). Mindfulness, 13(8), 1931-1944.
Suggested Reading
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition 2nd Edition
Teasdale, J., Williams, M., & Segal, Z. (2013). The mindful way workbook: An 8-week program to free yourself from depression and emotional distress. Guilford Publications.
CE Learning Objectives
Following this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Define the construct of equanimity, its origins, and current clinical conceptualization in emerging MBPs
- Summarize the differences between the psychological constructs of tolerance, acceptance and equanimity
- Identify three barriers to the development, strengthening, and maintenance of equanimity
- Develop and describe a unique metaphor to describe the “felt sense” (i.e., interoceptive experience) of equanimity to a friend and a client.
- Describe two equanimity rating scales, and discuss their validity and generalizability to two populations
- Define the constructs of attachment and aversion in MBPs
- Discuss the role of interoceptive awareness, feeling tone and equanimity in emotion regulation.
- Describe two key features of the Co-Emergence Model of Reinforcement conceptualization of equanimity.
- Describe 3 neural networks involved in emotion regulation, using language accessible to one specific clinical population.
- Describe three specific changes that occur, during and after mindfulness meditation practice, which have origins in 3 neural networks involved in emotion regulation.
- Describe how decentering is a mechanism for reducing the risk of relapse for disorders marked by neuroticism.
About Presenters
Mark Lau, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, and a registered psychologist in private practice at the Vancouver CBT Centre. Dr. Lau has over 25 years experience providing Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to individuals and groups; conducting MBCT and CBT research; providing leadership in developing models of mental health care delivery including innovative ways of delivering MBCT & CBT; and, providing leadership in training and education including providing MBCT single and multi-day professional trainings across North America, Europe and Australia for mental health professionals. Mark is also an MBCT teacher trainer/mentor with the UCSD Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute and is one of a handful of MBCT trainers who provide the 5-day MBCT Professional Training in North America. He has provided MBCT & Fostering Resilience workshops to psychiatrists, physicians, UBC internal medicine residents, university research administrators and college staff. Dr. Lau’s research interests include investigating the mechanisms underlying MBCT’s effectiveness, the development and validation of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale, and evaluating effective methods of disseminating MBCT and CBT. He is a former Associate Editor of the journal Mindfulness.
Andrea Grabovac, MD, FRCPC, is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, and Co-Director of the North American Chapter of the Mindfulness integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MiCBT) Institute. She has practiced inpatient psychiatry for 20 years at Vancouver Hospital, and her outpatient work focuses on mindfulness-based treatments to treat anxiety, depression and other clinical conditions.
For the last 15 years she has been training physicians and mental health clinicians nationally and internationally in the delivery of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and MiCBT, both of which are evidence-based treatments for mental health conditions. She also co-facilitates 5 day Cultivating Wellbeing retreats for physicians and their spouses. She is a clinician trainer and mentor with the UCSD Mindfulness Based Professional Training Institute in California, the Center for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, and the MiCBT Institute in Australia. She is Co-Investigator in CIHR trials comparing MBCT to CBT for sexual disorders, and has co-authored Canadian competency-based guidelines for training psychiatrists in Mindfulness Based treatments.
She serves as Associate Editor with the journal Mindfulness, and is an active member of the International Mindfulness Integrity Network. .
Target Audience
This presentation is intended only for licensed mental health professionals and advanced post-doctoral trainees seeking licensure who have graduated from an evidence-based MBP including but not limited to MBCT, MBSR, MBRP & related interventions. The instructional level of this presentation is INTERMEDIATE.
Note: This workshop does require attendees to have formal mindfulness practice experience.
Continuing Education
- Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is also approved by the NY State Education Department to offer psychology continuing education
- This program provides sixteen (16) hours of CE credits for those who attend all sessions in their entirety.
- PBTA is also an authorized provider of CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. Non-Psychologist Licensees outside of PA & practitioners outside of the USA please confirm eligibility with your specific licensing or credentialing board.
- Full attendance with video display is required at each separate session to obtain CE credit for this program. APA guidelines do not permit PBTA to issue partial CE credits. No refunds are provided for CE programs. No exceptions allowed.
