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TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• The nature of attention and the power and practices of the mind to cultivate mindful awareness.
• Buddhist psychology’s core principles and trainings for mental health and well-being.
• Ways the complimentary practices of meditation and psychotherapy utilize mindful practices to help reduce suffering and promote resilience.
• Healing trauma through the body and the distributed nervous system.
• The neurobiology of flexibility, empathy, and intuition.
• The role of a “resonance circuit” in mindfulness practice that enables an individual to attune to others and oneself.
• How mindful awareness can be considered a form of “intrapersonal attunement” that catalyzes mental, interpersonal and physiological well-being.
• The promotion of trust and the healing environment.
• How to incorporate compassion and forgiveness into our work and our life.
• The overlap among secure parent-child attachment, mindfulness, and the integrative function of the brain, especially in the prefrontal cortex.
• Attunement based education and the science of social and emotional learning.
• The nature of self, personality, and transformation.
• Intention and motivation (and the practical understanding of karma).
• An alternative to the DSM, the wisdom and practices of a positive psychology.
  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Counselors, Medical, Practitioners, Occupational, Therapists, Nurses, Physical Therapists, Meditation, Practitioners, Educators, Parents, Spouses

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Relate how to heal trauma through the body and distributed nervous system.
• Describe the nature of self, personality and transformation.
• Utilize mindful practice to help reduce suffering and promote resilience.
• Incorporate “intrapersonal attunement” to catalyze mental, interpersonal and psychological well-being.
• Explain the overlap among the secure parent-child attachment, mindfulness, and the integrative function of the brain, especially in the prefrontal cortex.
• Demonstrate the practices and principles of transforming difficult emotions.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT

This Conference is Approved for 12 CE hours: This Event is sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars

Satisfactory Completion: Participants must have paid tuition fee, signed in, attended the entire seminar, completed an evaluation, and signed out in order to receive a certificate. Failure to sign in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available.

Psychologists:                                                                                                                                            R. Cassidy Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for this program. 12 CE hours.

Social Workers:                                                                                                                                      ID, MT, OR, WA: R. Cassidy Seminars, ACE provider #1082 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. Approval Period: April 15, 2009-April 15, 2012. R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers will receive 12 continuing education (clinical) clock hours participating in this course.                                                                                                                        CA: Course meets the qualifications for (12) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE418.

Marriage and Family Therapists:                                                                                                          ID, MT, OR, WA: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for certified counselors. We adhere to NBCC continuing education guidelines. Provider #6375. (12) hours.                                                                                                                     CA: Course meets the qualifications for (12) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE418.

Counselors:                                                                                                                                             ID, MT, OR, WA: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for certified counselors. We adhere to NBCC continuing education guidelines. Provider #6375. (12) hours.

Chemical Dependency Counselors:                                                                                                         ID, MT, OR, WA: Provider approved by NAADAC Approved Education Provider Program for (12) contact hours. Approval #000654.                                                                                                            CA: Provider approved by CFAAP/CAADAC, Provider #4N-00-434-0210 for (12) CEHs.CAADAC is an ICRC member which has reciprocity with most ICRC member states.

Nurses –CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP12224, for (12) contact hours.

Occupational Therapists – Occupational therapists will receive a certificate of completion for (12) CE hours.

Educators – Occupational therapists will receive a certificate of completion for (12) CE hours.

Case Managers:CCMC will accept CE activities on a post-attendance basis. You must submit a one page Post-Approval of Continuing Education form which is at:

(www.ccmcertification.org/pages/15frame_set.html), and your certificate of completion.

Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.