Addictive behaviors often stem from a desire to flee our current experience. By bringing awareness to this tendency, and learning to relate to what is arising in the moment with curiosity and kindness, we can start to observe our mind, heart, and body, even when we feel uncomfortable or reactive. This allows us to pause, step out of our habitual tendencies, and choose a more skillful response.
This professional training offers an introduction to Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP). MBRP integrates mindfulness meditation with cognitive-behavioral strategies to help clients relate more compassionately and skillfully to physical, cognitive, or emotional experiences. The training highlights our own mindfulness practice and skills and includes periods of meditation and integration of mindfulness practices into our own lives.
MBRP was originally developed for people who have undergone treatment for substance abuse, to help maintain treatment gains and to decrease the probability and severity of relapse. However, the skills and qualities cultivated in this training apply to a wide range of reactive behaviors.
This training is for individuals working in a mental-health field, clinicians in training, or those in related professions.