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    1. A Welcome Message from Tamara

    2. Instructions for Signing Up for Classes and Practice Groups

    3. Instructions for Filling Out Evaluation & Post-Test

    1. Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation 6-week Class: 6 Tuesdays starting April 2nd @ 3pm Pacific Time_6 CEs - Thank you for registering early.

    1. How We Learn and Practice Mindfulness Meditation

    2. Why Mindfulness Meditation is Helpful to Mental Health Clinicians

    1. Teacher Dana

    2. Donate to Inner Science Institute

    1. Helpful Online Tips

    2. Helpful Tips For In-Person Classes, Daylongs, And Retreats

    3. Group Guidelines (with thanks to East Bay Meditation Center)

    1. Class Evaluation for Those Who Do NOT Need CEs: To Help Me Earn my Certification

    2. Post-Test for CEs: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation for Awakening Therapists

    3. Class Evaluation for CEs: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation for Awakening Therapists

    4. Completion and Next Steps for CE Credit and Certificate

About this course

  • Zoom Link Provided upon Registration
  • By Donation (Dana)

CLASS HIGHLIGHT: 6-Week Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Online Class: 6 Tuesdays @ 3pm, starting April 2, 2024 (90 minutes each week)

This class is designed specifically for mental health clinicians, professionals, and pre-professionals.

  • 6 CEs for California Clinicians

    For LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s and LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

    Best suited for who are beginners to mindfulness meditation. This is appropriate for all level of psychology practitioners, but especially exciting to those looking to enhance their theoretical approaches with self-refection, self-awareness, mindfulness, and the expansive consciousness that comes from working from the inside out. Please Note: You must attend all 6 classes to receive CEs, which are awarded for instructional time only.

  • 6 Live Video Sessions - Zoom Link Available Upon Registration

    6-week class, 90 minutes each week. ***This is a live class. Recordings will not be sent to attendees. Attendance to all classes is required.***

    The main way mindfulness is developed is through what the Buddha called the four foundations of mindfulness: meditation on the kāya (body), vedanā (sensations/feeling tone of emotions in the body), chitta (mind, including thoughts and feelings), and dhammas (skillful response to changing phenomena). Mindfulness allows us to see clearly that when we mistakenly attempt to change reality by clinging to what we want and avoiding what we don’t want in order to be happy, we become dissatisfied and suffer. We will learn to bring mindfulness - kind, nonjudgmental attention - to what is unfolding, moment-by-moment, inside and out to these four areas of our experience as a way to establish mindfulness in ourselves as we work with clients. This might be the conditioning that manifests, for example, as unconscious agendas or reactions in the therapeutic relationship or internalized oppression.

  • CE Certificates in the form of a PDF will be given via email after completion of the class.

MEASURABLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Define the 2 Wings of Mindfulness

  • Name Four Ways to Establish Mindfulness

  • Apply mindfulness of breath and body to at least one clinical experience where you are experiencing a difficult reaction to client material

  • Apply mindfulness of sensations (feeling tone) to at least one clinical experience where you are experiencing countertransference as a way to illuminate unconscious relational dynamics

  • Apply mindfulness of mind (thoughts and feelings) to at least one clinical experience where you are experiencing judgment or uncertainty about yourself when working with a particular client(s)

  • Apply mindfulness of the dhammas (understanding of the changing nature of phenomena) to at least one clinical experience where you are clinging to a particular outcome and need more clarity to initiate more mindful and effective therapeutic actions

Instructor

Tamara Thebert

Lead Instructor

Tamara Thebert, MFT is the CEO, Co-Founder, and an Instructor at Inner Science Institute. She uses her 17+ years of experience to support clinicians to deepen and expand their self-awareness by learning from the inside out. Tamara holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies with a concentration in Art and Psychology from Knox College, a Master’s Degree in Integral Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, and a Certification in Hypnotherapy (Spiritual Counseling emphasis) from Foundation of the Sacred Stream. She is currently enrolled in Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, a two-year training in awareness and compassion-based practices. Tamara has training and certificates in integral counseling psychology, neurobiologically-informed trauma treatment, mindful self-compassion, meditation, spiritual counseling, energy medicine, women’s spirituality, grief and bereavement, shamanic counseling, ecopsychology, and permaculture. Since 2004, she has studied and trained in spiritual and psychological traditions from all over the globe. Tamara teaches spiritual principles and practices specifically tailored to improve mental and emotional health and encourage spiritual awakening. In her private practice Tamara specializes in helping women recognize & amplify inner resources to recover from trauma, anxiety, stress, and distress while attending to the important relationships in their lives. To find out more about her psychotherapy practice, go to www.psychospiritualcounseling.net. Tamara offers mindfulness-based clinical consultation via Zoom. For more information, go to www.psychospiritualcounseling.net/mindfulness-based-consultation/.

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Inner Science Institute is approved by California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) to sponsor Continuing Education for LMFT’S, LCSW’S, LPCC’S and LEP’S. Our provider number is #147142. 


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