CPM Training & Counselling

Psychological Training & Counselling

CPM provide a range of psychological, training and counselling services to the general community and the health professions

Forthcoming

Workshops

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Ruth A. Baer PhD

Integrating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Clinical Work

May 2009

Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide

 


 

 

 

 

CPM is a provider of training programmes and workshops for a range of professions, most notably health and allied health professionals, psychologists, counselors, psychotherapists and social workers.

CPM provides training to health practitioners, psychologists and counselors, through a national programme of workshops and other training activities. We regularly invite internationally-noted overseas experts in health, medicine and psychology to conduct workshops in capital cities.

Under the auspices of the Australian Society of Hypnosis, CPM coordinates training programmes in clinical hypnosis for medical practitioners, psychologists and dentists in regional and rural centres in the Eastern States - for details, go to Australian Hypnosis Society

 

Workshop with Ruth A. Baer PhD

Integrating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Clinical Work

Ruth Baer is Professor of Psychology and a member and former Director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She conducts research on the assessment and conceptualisation of mindfulness, mindfulness-based interventions, mechanisms by which mindfulness training achieves its beneficial effects, and relationships between mindfulness and other aspects of psychological functioning.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a group intervention developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn for people suffering from chronic pain and stress-related conditions. It is based on intensive training in mindfulness meditation and typically consists of eight weekly sessions lasting 2.5 hours. MBSR uses a wide range of mindfulness practices and exercises to teach participants to cultivate an observant, accepting, and compassionate stance toward their own internal experiences, including cognitions, emotional states, bodily sensations, and impulses, even those that are unpleasant or unwanted. It incorporates in-session
mindfulness practices and discussion, homework practice, didactic presentation and discussion of stress and related topics, and group support. The research literature shows good support for the efficacy of MBSR in people with a wide range of problems.

Registration

  • Melbourne  Saturday 23rd May 2009

  • Perth            Monday 25th May 2009

  • Brisbane     Wednesday 27th May 2009

  • Sydney        Saturday 30th May 2009

  • Adelaide      Monday 1 June 2009


Workshop with John P Forsyth PhD

Using Exposure-Based Interventions with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

This 1-day workshop will explore the use of exposure-based interventions in the context of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The main focus will be on anxiety and fear, but additional attention will be devoted to other sources of pain (eg guilt, anger). The workshop will cover traditional cognitive-behavioural (CBT) approaches using both interoceptive and exteroceptive exposure strategies, and then show how they are applied within ACT.

Registration

  • Sydney      Monday 15 June 2009

  • Brisbane    Wednesday 17 June 2009

  • Perth          Monday 22nd June 2009

  • Adelaide    Wednesday 24th June 2009


Workshop with John P Forsyth PhD

Principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Overview and Applications in Clinical Practice

3 Workshops - All Held In Melbourne

ACT is a newer third-generation evidence-based behavior therapy that balances mindfulness and acceptance processes with commitment and behavior change processes to (a) undermine unhelpful thought and emotional regulation, while (b) promoting greater experiential and psychological flexibility in the service of valued ends. In short, ACT teaches clients how to be with their hurts and do what works – to live well, richly and meaningfully, without first having to defeat sources of emotional and psychological pain.

Workshop 1: An Introduction to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in Clinical Practice

Workshop 2: Using ACT in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Workshop 3: Nuts and Bolts of Using Exposure-Based Interventions in Acceptance & Commitment            Therapy

Registration

  • Introductory Workshop                              Saturday 20 June 2009

  • ACT and Anxiety Disorders Workshop     Friday 26 June 2009

  • ACT and Exposure Therapy Workshop    Saturday 27 June 2009

 


 
 
 
 
 

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