- Faculty:
- Terry Fralich
- Duration:
- 12 Hours 11 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Feb 10, 2020
Description
Outline
MASTER THE CORE SKILLS OF MINDFULNESS
Treatment Concepts
- Introduction of mindfulness to clients
- Mindfulness as self-directed neuroplasticity
- Mindfulness as a skill-based path
- Reconsolidation of neural networks through mindfulness practice
Experiential exercise: self-regulation techniques
Strengthening Therapeutic Presence
- Benefits of therapeutic presence: presence, attunement, resonance, trust
- Stabilize the mind: the foundation of focus
- Self-regulation: the foundation of settledness
- Spaciousness: the foundation of openness
Five Core Skills of Mindfulness
- Clarify, set and re-affirm intention
- Cultivate witnessing awareness: metacognition
- Stabilize attention
- Strengthen self-regulation
- Practice loving-kindness for self and others
Experiential exercise: stability of attention and awareness
Neuroscience and Mindfulness
- Effective drivers of neuroplasticity
- Interpersonal neurobiology: importance of early experiences
- Formation of mental models: core negative beliefs
- Neuroception and the operation of the brain’s survival mechanisms
- Explicit and implicit memories
- Adaptive safety strategies: negative side effects
Experiential exercise: cultivate an inner refuge
Mindfulness Practices
- Themes in beginning mindfulness practice
- Am I focused or distracted?
- Am I settled/grounded or tight/churning
- Mindful transitions: a practice for new clients
- Stop-breathe-reflect-choose practice
- Development of client self-talk, scripts and mantras
- Positive visualization practice
- Cultivate a new vision of self: transform core negative beliefs
TRAUMA, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, RELATIONSHIPS, ANGER, STRESS AND SEX
Mindfulness for Trauma
- Cultivate safety and groundedness
- Retrain the dysregulated nervous system
Experiential exercise: positive visualization
Mindfulness for Anxiety
- Witness the anxious mind
- Get unstuck from anxious rumination
Experiential exercise: self-regulation practices for anxiety
Mindfulness for Depression
- Transform core negative beliefs that power depression
- Cultivate motivation and action
Experiential exercise: develop behavioral plans with the client
Mindfulness for Relationships
- Clarify intentions that work in relationships
- Transform unhealthy patterns
Experiential exercise: cultivate positive experiences/exchanges
Mindfulness for Anger
- Understand the source of anger energy
- Identify the anger storm
- Clarify the practice when anger arises
Experiential exercise: rehearsal of the Stop-Breathe-Reflect-Choose practice
Mindfulness for Stress
- Educate the client about the impact of stress
- Change the stress reaction through practice
Experiential exercise: strengthen awareness of stress response, shifting to relaxation response
Mindfulness for Sex
- Create conditions for healthy and mutually satisfying sex
- Open to the full power of sexual intimacy
Mindfulness In-Session
- Avoid compassion fatigue
- Approach each session as meditative practice
- Counsel “in the flow”
Experiential exercise: path to enjoying our work more meditation practice
Research, Limitations and the Potential Risks of Mindfulness in Treatment
- Current state of research on mindfulness
- Limits of the current research
- Mindfulness-Based treatments – potential risks and limitations
- The importance of client evaluation
- Practices beyond your training and experience
Faculty
Terry Fralich Related seminars and products: 6
Mindfulness Center of Southern Maine
Terry Fralich, LCPC, is a co-founder of the Mindfulness Retreat Center of Maine and former Adjunct Faculty Member of the University of Southern Maine Graduate School. He has led more than 400 seminars, trainings and retreats at the Center, at Omega Institute, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, both nationally and internationally. His expertise consists of mindfulness, neuroscience, CBT, brain change, emotional intelligence, stress reduction, meditation and the treatment of anxiety and depression. He has been teaching transformative mindfulness skills and practices for 20 years and has pursued his own practice of mindfulness and meditation for 40 years.
Terry studied extensively with His Holiness the Dalai Lama for 25 years and with some of the American pioneers of mindfulness, including Jon Kabat-Zinn and John Welwood. His first book, Cultivating Lasting Happiness: A 7-Step Guide to Mindfulness, was cited as one of “the 12 essential books on mindfulness.” His second book, The Five Core Skills of Mindfulness: A Direct Path to More Confidence, Joy and Love, presents his clear and unique approach to mindfulness practice as a powerful force for healthy change in our everyday lives. Prior to becoming a mindfulness therapist, academic and author, Terry was an attorney who practiced law in New York City, Los Angeles and Portland, Maine.
Speaker Disclosure:
Financial: Terry Fralich is in private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Terry Fralich has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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