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.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT/MBSR) Eight Week Online Training – Tuesday Evenings
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) was designed specifically to help people who are prone to recurring depression and low mood.
Online course commences Tuesday evenings; from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, commencing 11th May – ending 29th June 2021: cost €150 euro. The normal cost for MBCT/MBSR training is €350.
Clinical Excellence and Deliberate Practice
This eight-week interactive training draws on the core principles of learning about what works in psychotherapy as a framework to enhance your clinical skills in becoming a more effective therapist. Thursdays, 8, 15, 22, 29 April and 6, 13, 20, 27 May 2021 from 4pm to 5.30pm. Total hours 12 hours. Course includes certificate, notes, and flashcards to support learning and deliberate practice. Online via Zoom training platform. Cost €125. Further details available at mindfulnessclinic.ie.
Pandemic: Crisis Fatigue and Mental Health
Learn about the stages of Crisis Fatigue (Harvard Medical School) and stay up to date with the latest COVID-19 psychological interventions, with this online course.
Weekly three-hour meetings via Zoom | Wednesday afternoon from 3pm to 6pm, 7, 14, 21, 28 April 2021. Cost: €95 for 12-hour live training | Ongoing training.
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.