Deepen your facilitation skills. This is the final module of our Supervised MBCT & MBSR Facilitation Certificate Programs.
This training intensive supports facilitation skills while focusing on strengthening the facilitation of mindful inquiry. At its deepest, it is about our relationship to the practice of mindfulness and to the articulation of that process. The curriculum is highly interactive and highlights the necessity of personal practice as a platform from which to teach.
This course will be led by Susan L. Woods and Dr. Patricia Rockman. Susan Woods is the Senior Guiding Teacher at the Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute, UC San Diego, and one of the world’s leading experts and trainers in mindful inquiry. Dr. Patricia Rockman is the Director of Education and Clinical Studies here at The Centre, and has been educating healthcare providers in stress reduction, CBT and mindfulness-based practices for over 20 years.
The heart of this training program focuses on developing skills that increase an embodied mindful presence, mindful inquiry, and examines the theme, rationale, intention and practice skills for each of the eight MBSR/MBCT sessions. We will pay attention to nurturing specific qualities associated with mindfulness - such as a present-moment-directed focus, an awareness that represents an inner and outer listening, and a compassionate stance that incorporates a willingness to meet our teaching edges with generosity and kindness. This training offers the time to nurture these qualities through silent mindfulness practice, through simulated patient-teacher encounters, discussion and personal supervision from the retreat leaders.
Participants Will Learn
• To demonstrate proficiency in embodying present-moment-directed skills
• To identify the components and characteristics of the delivery and practice of inquiry
• To describe how mindfulness offers a radical perceptual shift for approaching difficult modes of mind and moods and creates a platform of self-compassion for the client
• To describe the theme, rationale, intention and practice skills embedded in the MBSR/MBCT programs
• To articulate appropriate professional and personal ethics
What To Expect
You can expect to spend some periods in silence and others in active discussion and interaction. The course will follow a concentrated schedule, starting at 7am and ending at 9pm each day. Registrants will not be provided with a detailed agenda beforehand; instead the schedule and time breakdown will be addressed at the opening session of the retreat.
Who Should Attend
MBSR and MBCT facilitators who meet the following prerequisites:
• Advanced degree in a health-related or social services field
• Personal on-going mindfulness meditation practice
• Participation in an 8-week MBCT and/or MBSR program
• Attendance at a 6-day professional MBSR training and/or a 5-day professional MBCT training
• Teaching experience; the facilitation of a minimum of 3 MBSR or MBCT groups before the start of the 5-day advanced training
• Participation in periodic residential formal silent mindfulness meditation retreats (annual is preferred)
Apply Before Registering
If you have not already been accepted into one of our Facilitation Certificate Programs, please apply here and send your CV to [email protected].
Facilitators
Susan Woods LICSW and Patricia Rockman MD CCFP
Timing: April 23-28, 2017
Begins Sunday, April 23, 2017
- Check-in at 3pm
- Dinner at 5pm
- Session starts at 7pm
Ends Friday, April 28, 2017
- Session ends at 11:30am
- Check-out after lunch
Fees: $2,400 double / $2,900 single
PLEASE NOTE: only a limited number of single rooms will be available for immediate registration. Once these spots are sold out, you can register for a "double room - single upgrade waiting list" in case more single rooms become available. If you are offered a single room upgrade, you will be asked to bring the additional $500 to the retreat.
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REFUNDS
If you give at least 30 business days' notice prior to the retreat start date, you will receive the full tuition less a $200 fee.
If you give 20 - 29 business days' notice prior to the retreat start date, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you give 10 - 19 business days' notice prior to the retreat start date, you will receive a 25% refund.
If you give less than 10 business days' notice prior to the retreat start date, no refund will be available.
After the retreat has started no refund, exchanges or transfers will be available.
EXCHANGES
If you give at least 20 business days’ notice prior to the retreat start date, you can apply the full tuition amount as a credit to a future course.
If you give 10-19 business days' notice prior to the retreat start date, you can apply 50% of the tuition amount as a credit to a future course.
If you give less than 10 business days’ notice prior to the retreat start date, you can apply 25% of the tuition amount as a credit to a future course.
After the retreat has started no refund, exchanges or transfers will be available.