Mindfulness Courses & Training
The Mindfulness Clinic is committed to the promotion of wellbeing through the integration of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and the practice of Mindfulness. Our mission is to embody, guide and nurture mindful and compassionate living. We teach eight-week Mindfulness courses MBSR, MBCT and one-day workshops to individuals, mental health professionals, voluntary and community groups.
Cultivating Self-Compassion and Joy | One-day mindfulness retreat – Killarney & Dunboyne
A guided one-day retreat to cultivate self-compassion and foster qualities of the heart and mind including loving-kindness, joy, generosity, gratitude, and wisdom. Aghadoe Heights Hotel, Killarney, Sunday, 28th May 2023 | 10am to 4pm. Dunboyne Caste Hotel: Sunday, 10 September from 10am to 4pm. Fee: €60 with online booking
Supervision Master Class
In this 6-hour skills training, qualified supervisors will discuss, reflect, and learn how to enhance clinical supervision through a skills-based model in clinical excellence and supervisory competencies. Saturday, 23 September from 9.30am to 4.30pm in Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Dunboyne, Co. Meath. Cost. €95 includes notes, resources and 6 hours CPD.
LGBTQIA+ informed care and affirmative therapy one-day workshop
Join us for a transformative workshop on LGBTQIA+ informed care and affirmative therapy. This one-day workshop is designed for therapists and healthcare professionals who want to expand their knowledge and skills in providing compassionate and effective care to LGBTQIA+ clients. Saturday, 7 October from 10am to 4.00pm, Aghadoe Heights Hotel, Killarney. | Cost €75
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Mindfulness Training, or Mindfulness Courses, may not be considered suitable at this time for those affected with acute depression, active or recent substance alcohol or drug addictions (recommendation two years full sobriety for Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention), PTSD, Bi-polar disorder, current or past psychosis, significant long standing interpersonal difficulties, recent trauma or significant recent or unresolved loss.
The Mindfulness Clinic recommends organising a one-to-one consultation to see if this training is suitable for you at this time.
“Mindfulness is not the answer for all life’s problems. Rather it is that all life’s problems can be seen more clearly through the lens of a clear mind”. Jon Kabat-Zinn, pp. 25-26, 1991.
Acknowledgements for exclusion criteria: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): Standards of Practice, edited by Saki F. Santorelli, Centre for Mindfulness University of Massachusetts, Director of Stress Reduction Program, February, 2014.