First, Do No Harm: Working Skillfully with Meditation-Related Challenges
A UCLA, UCSD & InsightLA Co-Sponsored Training
Intstructors: Willoughby Britton, PhD; Jared Lindahl PhD, David Treleaven PhD
Meditation can lead to medical and psychological benefits, but it can also produce a variety of unexpected outcomes – not all of them positive. Sometimes meditation-related experiences can be challenging, distressing, destabilizing, functionally impairing, or make us not want to continue meditating.
This weekend workshop will focus on the competencies one needs to work skillfully with meditation-related challenges. The training will include: detailed descriptions of different types of meditation-related challenges; the circumstances that contribute to their impact and duration; the different ways they are interpreted and appraised; and best practices for working with challenges as a meditation practitioner or a meditation teacher. Weaving contemporary research with experiential practices, this workshop will also address the importance of screening, monitoring, informed consent, and management strategies.
Our aim is to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to practice and teach meditation in a safe, supportive way.
Who this is for:
Mindfulness facilitators and clinicians who use mindfulness in their work, and interested others.
Schedule:
Friday February 22nd / 7pm - 9pm
Saturday February 23rd / 10am - 4pm
Sunday February 24th / 10am - 4pm
There will be an 75 minute lunch on Saturday and Sunday from 12:45pm to 2:00pm. Lunch will not be provided.
Location:
UCLA De Neve Plaza, 330 De Neve Dr, L-16, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Continuing Education Credits are available for this training.
The cost is $50. This fee is in addition to the cost of registration and can be paid for at the trainining.
Psychologists: Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 18.5 hours of credit.
California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs: The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 18.5 contact hours may be applied to your license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. For those licensed outside California, please check with your local licensing board to determine if APA accreditation meets their requirement.