Mindfulness Interventions and DBT Adaptations
for Mental Health Workers


This course consists of training in mindful awareness, gentle movement, and group support. The program is designed for people who want less stress and more balance and healthy living in day-to-day life.  This course is modeled after the mindfulness-based stress-reduction work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., from the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and featured in Bill Moyer's television series "Healing and the Mind."   

            MBSR focuses on developing a person’s capacity for attention and awareness, and creates the optimal underlying conditions for all learning and teaching.  Many schools and agencies across the country are introducing Mindfulness into their curricula, and several well-known institutions including Stanford, UCSF, UCSD and UCLA are conducting research in the field.  Mindfulness is the simple practice of paying attention to one’s experiences (thoughts feelings, physical sensations) moment-by moment with non-judgmental awareness. Mindfulness training develops skills such as:

Attention and concentration
Emotional and cognitive awareness and understanding
Body awareness and coordination
Interpersonal awareness and communication skills

Decades of research have shown that mindfulness decreases stress, attention deficit issues, depression, anxiety and hostility while benefiting health, social relations, academic ability, and most importantly a sense of well-being.

      Mindfulness is the practice of increasing non-judgmental awareness in day-to-day life.  Mindfulness develops the potential to experience each moment, no matter how difficult or intense, with serenity and clarity. One can feel more alive and gain access to the powerful inner resources for healing.  Participants learn life-long tools to help maximize life, even in the midst of stress, pain, and illness.

 

 

Workshops and Trainings available by Jason

Mindfulness For Teen Anger

                           Surfing the Waves of Addiction

Mindfulness Interventions for Addiction

This workshop offers mindfulness, forgiveness and compassion centered approaches for clinicians to help teens address underlying causes of addictive behavior. Workshop will include practical and experiential techniques for clinicians and service providers.
Stress and anxiety are the number one reasons many teens use or return to use of addictive substances. We incorporate prevention techniques utilizing mindful awareness to reduce environmental cuing, craving and psychological stress.  

This workshop is geared toward helping participants understand the many aspects of addiction by explaining the areas of life that addiction often affects. We will also be looking at the psychological consequences of addictive compulsive behavior. We will discuss internet use, efficiency, food, sexual behavior, shopping, video games etc. all as ways people avoid the discomfort of life. In closing we will discuss alternatives to addictive behavior by talking about mindful consumption and life choices.

Participants will learn:

Understand the underlying cause of addiction
Identify high risk factors for addictive behavior in teens
Help clients develop healthier coping strategies instead of addictive substances
Mindful strategies to develop compassion toward self and others
To move past regret and remorse
Develop forgiveness meditation
Deepen understanding of heart practices as mindfulness