Mindfulness Classes Offered by Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: (MBSR) An eight week program
Suitable for people wanting to reduce the stress in their lives and living with such health related issues as heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, chronic pain, headache, backache, GI distress, anxiety and panic disorders, sleep disturbances and depression.
Next class: February 4 - April 1, 2010 (No class week of February 22, 2010)
9:00 - 11:30 am
Retreat Day: March 20, 2010
An initial, individual interview with the program facilitator is required: Please contact Susan Woods @ 802-253-2550
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: (MBCT) An eight week program
For people who suffer from chronic depression and sadness and want to develop skillful ways to prevent relapse.
Next class: February 2 - March 30, 2010 (No class week of February 22, 2010)
9:00 - 11:30 am
Retreat Day: March 20, 2010
An initial, individual interview with the program facilitator is required: Please contact Susan Woods @ 802-253-2550
Mindfulness Meditation Group: An eight week class
This class is suitable for those who are new to the practice of mindfulness meditation and for those with an established practice. We will practice meditation and allow time for discussion on how the practice of mindfulness can inform our lives.
Next class:
February 3, 2010
9:00 - 10:00 am
Mindfulness Meditation CDs
CD 1: Guided Body Scan, Mindful Yoga practice
CD 2: Sitting Meditation, Guided Walking Meditation
CD 3: Three Minute Breathing Space, Ten Minute Sitting Meditation, Twenty Minute Sitting Meditation, Thirty Minute Sitting Meditation with bells.
Set of 3 CDs: $40.00 plus shipping and tax (where applicable)
Single CD: $15.00 plus shipping and tax (where applicable)
To order CDs click here or Email Susan Woods
Since 1979 when Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD., founded the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, there has been a growing interest within the fields of medicine and psychology about the delivery of mindfulness-based approaches for a variety of physical and mental illnesses. There are now many clinical studies that point to the efficacy and value of mindfulness in decreasing physical and psychological symptoms.
Training Programs for Professionals and Workshops 2010
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
A 2-Day Professional training for the Prevention of Depression Relapse
Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW & Ferris Urbanowski, MA
February 22-23, 2010
Knoxville, Tennessee
Contact Blount Memorial Hospital
An In-depth Exploration of the Inquiry Process:
MBCT and the articulation of the experience of mindfulness
Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW & Mark Lau, PhD
April 25-26, 2010
Vancouver, Canada
This two-day training will highlight the place of the therapist’s own mindfulness practice in facilitating the process of inquiry in the MBCT program. The workshop will examine the themes, rationales, intentions, and skills for each of the eight MBCT sessions with a focus on the delivery of inquiry. We will examine the implication of a present moment directed focus that supports awareness and compassion in the articulation of the inquiry process and how that is embodied by the teacher.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Teacher Training Intensive
A 6-Day professional training for experienced MBCT teachers.
May 29 - June 4, 2010
IONS retreat Center, Petaluma, California
Contact mindfulness.ucsd.edu
This program is an advanced training for those professionals who have facilitated at least one MBCT group and who have an established personal mindfulness practice. The program is designed to cultivate an in-depth exploration of the themes, practices and exercises embedded in the MBCT curriculum and to foster sustained attentiveness to personal practice. The training is highly interactive and highlights the necessity of personal practice as a platform from which to teach.
An Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
A 2-Day Professional training for the prevention of Depression relapse
June 24-25, 2010
Evansville, Indiana
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
A 5-Day Professional training for the Prevention of Depression Relapse
Zindel Segal, PhD., and Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW
August 15-20, 2010
Omega Institute, 150 Lake Drive, Rhinebeck, New York 12572-3252
www.eomega.org
The Mindful Heart of Psychotherapy:
An Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for the Prevention of Depression Relapse
Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW;& Miriam "Miv" London, PhD.
Oct 22-24, 2010
www.kriplau.org
This two-day training is for professionals interested in the interface of mindfulness in clinical treatment. This program is both didactic and experiential. The role and usefulness of mindfulness-based interventions in clinical practice is the subject of research and discussion. What is less understood is the role of a personal mindfulness practice for clinicians who seek to utilize mindfulness-based approaches in their work. We will discuss the structure and delivery of the MBCT program and practice various MBCT skills as well as create space for periods of personal mindfulness practice. If one takes the view that mindfulness is more than a prescriptive technique and is a valid means by which to live, then the potential transformative aspect of this way of being for the clinician is a significant factor in the delivery of mindfulness-based approaches.
Investigating Awareness
A 4-Day Professional training retreat
Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW & Char Wilkins, MSW, LCSW
November 11-14, 2010
The Guest House Retreat Center
Chester, Connecticut
www.guesthousecenter.org
To register please contact:
Char Wilkins www.amindfulpath.com
This retreat/training is an opportunity to explore the relevance of mindfulness in our personal and professional lives. The heart of these four days lies in exploring how the embodiment of mindfulness practice can not only inform our personal lives, but transform how we experience our relationship to our professional lives. We ask the question: What if I live my life as practice? What would my work look like?
This training is both experiential and didactic, and it invites group discussion and provides time for self-reflection. The training is appropriate for therapists, clinicians, educators, healthcare professionals, nutritionists, and yoga instructors who want to strengthen a personal mindfulness practice and develop mindfulness-based skills with clients, patients, students and others in their lives.