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 – Wednesday Evenings
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) was designed specifically to help people who are prone to recurring depression and low mood.
Online course commences Wednesday evenings; from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, commencing 2nd November – ending 21st December 2022: cost €350 euro. Including one in-person retreat day, Sunday, 4th December 2022
Therapeutic Approaches for Working with OCD – In-person workshop for mental health professionals, Killarney Saturday, 15 October
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and/or behaviours (compulsions) that the client feels the urge to repeat over and over. This one-day workshop will cover understanding of the particular issues, skills and interventions required to work with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Saturday, 15 October from 10am to 4.30pm 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.