Continuing Education
| Mindfulness in Therapy Practice | ||||||||||||||||||||
This course offers an introduction to mindfulness practice and its application in psychotherapy. By focusing on the present moment, therapists can help clients identify the stories they tell themselves which create distressful mental reactions, and help them respond in more conscious and less automatic ways, offering relief and allowing them to make better choices. Drawing from principles of Zen Buddhism, teachers such as Shunryu Suzuki and Thich Nhat Hanh, and the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, participants will learn how to use mindfulness to address rigid mental cycles that perpetuate clinical issues such as trauma, depression and anxiety. Participants will practice basic mindfulness meditation and explore ways to effectively utilize mindfulness in practice. Case examples will be presented. Instructor Biographies Marie Hopper, MFT, has practiced Zen Buddhism for over 10 years. She teaches meditation and uses a mindfulness-based approach in her psychotherapy practice with adults, teens and families in Lafayette, California. Rev. Alan Senauke is an authorized Soto Zen Buddhist priest and vice abbot of Berkeley Zen Center, where he lives with his family, For 20 years, Alan has taught mindfulness meditation and Zen in schools, prisons and international settings with people in distress. He has written extensively of his experiences. |
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