Description

Mindfulness and meditation are increasingly incorporated into contemporary mental health practice as approaches for cultivating present-moment awareness, attentional regulation, emotional regulation, self-awareness, and therapeutic presence. This three-hour continuing education course provides mental health professionals with an evidence-informed introduction to meditation and mindfulness through clinical, neuroscientific, trauma-sensitive, and transpersonal perspectives. Participants will examine foundational concepts of mindfulness and meditation, including their contemplative origins and contemporary clinical applications. The course will explore current neuroscience related to mindfulness, including attention and attentional control, neuroplasticity, interoception, and emotion regulation. Special attention will be given to the clinician's own mindfulness practice and its potential relevance to therapeutic presence, awareness of internal responses, emotional non-reactivity, listening, countertransference awareness, and clinical discernment. The final portion of the course focuses on trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Participants will examine why traditional meditation practices may not be universally calming and may increase distress, traumatic re-experiencing, hyperarousal, or dissociative responses for some individuals. Clinicians will learn practical adaptations emphasizing choice, agency, external orientation, titration, dual awareness, movement, eyes-open practices, alternative attentional anchors, and monitoring for dysregulation. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1. Define mindfulness and meditation and differentiate mindfulness as a quality of present-moment awareness from formal and informal meditation practices.

  • 2. Participants will be able to identify and describe the general functions of multiple brain regions or networks associated with mindfulness practice, including the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, insula, salience network, default mode network, and amygdala.

  • 3. Clinicians will be able to explain and apply skills related to how mindfulness may support clinician self-awareness, therapeutic presence, emotional non-reactivity, listening, and recognition of somatic and countertransference responses during clinical encounters.

  • 4. Describe and apply at least four trauma-sensitive modifications to mindfulness practice, including external orientation, eyes-open practice, alternative attentional anchors, movement, titration, dual awareness, and invitational language.

  • 5. Apply a trauma-sensitive and culturally responsive decision-making process to determine when mindfulness practice may be appropriate, when it should be modified, and when another stabilization or treatment intervention may be indicated.

Course curriculum

    1. Agenda

    2. Informed Consent & Code of Conduct

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    3. Course pdf PowerPoint

    4. Course PowerPoint

    5. Course Materials

    6. Video of Training

    1. Completing Course Eval & Receiving Your CE Certificate

    2. Course Quiz

    3. Course Eval & CE Certificate (19 Questions)

About this course

  • $100.00
  • 9 lessons

Dr. Francine Packard

PhD, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, CAGCS, RMT, RYT 500, YACEP

Dr. Packard holds a PhD in Psychology, a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling, and a bachelor's degree in business administration. For over 25 years Dr. Packard has used intuitive-based practices and conducted research focused on the importance of social support/connection and emotional management. Dr. Packard has worked in a variety of inpatient and community mental health settings throughout her career. Most recently, Francine has worked with private and state universities in creating, expanding, and supervising clinical mental health services for emerging adults, staff, and faculty. Within these settings, Dr. Packard has also provided quality clinical supervision to master’s level counselors in training and social workers in training. Dr. Packard is an EMDR Consultant, and an Independent Heartmath® Certified Trainer. She is also certified as an Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist, Koru® Mindfulness Instructor, and Expressive Arts Therapist. In the area of Transpersonal Psychology, Dr. Packard is a registered energy worker (i.e., Usui Holy Fire III® Master/Teacher & Holy Fire III Karuma Reiki® Master), spiritual Psychic/Medium, ordained minister, and Experience Registered Yoga Teacher RYT 500. In addition to her clinical and research background, Dr. Packard was appointed to the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Regulatory Board from 2007-2010. In this capacity, Dr. Packard served as the Chairperson of the Continuing Education Steering Committee, along with creating and overseeing the out-of-state endorsement process. Dr. Packard strives to provide an all-inclusive safe space for professionals to explore holistic practices, expand their intuitive skills, and grow personally and professionally.

Home Study Course: Trauma-Sensitive Meditation & Mindfulness in Clinical Practice: An Integrative Approach to Awareness, Intuition, and Therapeutic Presence (3 hours)

Fulfills requirements for 3 hours of CEs

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