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Professional Training
For parents who want to attend and do not work with parents in a professional capacity click here
Free Parenting Resources Page
This workshop is designed for professionals who work with adults that parent and are interested in exploring how living ‘mindfully’ in the present moment can assist their clients to have nourishing relationships and give their children the structure and love they need to reach their potential. Participants often find the material is of value in both their work and personal lives.
Mindfulness provides tools and techniques to identify the reality of a situation and follow what is important. This means cultivating skills that allow one to move beyond unhelpful emotions, restrictive preconceptions and expectations. During this 5 hour workshop you will spend the first 3 hours learning exactly what the parents learn, then the dedicated professional extension covers professional application and key relevant research:
Mindful Parenting differs from many parenting approaches in that the focus moves from the ‘naughty corner’ and other artificial consequences for children, to looking at the relationship and changing the behaviour of both the adult and the child. Grounded in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, this workshop presents tools that combine contemplative (Mindfulness) practice with psychological theory (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and research. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a relatively new approach for dealing with challenging emotions in a range of situations. It is both recommended as a treatment of choice for depression by UK National Health and being taught in some USA medical schools as part of the curriculum.
Myla Kabat-Zinn, author of Everyday Blessings
The overall approach presented gives adults more techniques to stay in their adult role, rather than reacting automatically to the emotion of a situation or behaviour. Through learning additional ways to help one remain present and loving, parents become more open to experiencing the fullness of their life with their children and transforming moments of despair and struggle to ones of communication and positive connection. Attend this workshop to learn new ways to help your clients and yourself too! The course is facilitated by Fiona Glover (BA, BSW, M. Mental Health Sc) an accredited mental health social worker, meditator, and mother, with over 12 years experience in the field of mental health, and over 5 years experience running MBCT courses.
Next Course
* Introduction to Mindful Parenting workshop extended session 8 May 9am - 2.30pm (AUD$90), * 7 week Mindfulness-Based Parenting Program (MBPP) (AUD$490) running 5 Feb - 19 Mar 2010 7pm - 9pm, and 10 May - 28 June 7pm - 9pm * 3 day intensive Mindful Approaches to working with Families & Children (MAFC) (AUD$790) running 27 - 29 May in Adelaide, 15 - 17 July in Brisbane, 7 - 9 October in Melbourne 9am - 4.30pm. * Package Price for Professionals: Introduction to Mindful Parenting + 7 week MBPP = AUD$565. Professionals interested in all three of the Level 2 courses above should contact us at to discuss a package rate. Ongoing supervision of professionals is also available. For professionals who work broadly in the Health and Mental health fields we also offer the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy 3 day foundation course at AUD$790, or AUD$890 when combined with the MBCT Professional Practice courses.
Click here to register for these courses via our calendar page.
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