Applying Mindfulness to Enhance Self-Compassion & Self-Regulation in Clinical Practice -REGISTRATION CLOSED
6 CE hours LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR 9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. EST
January 24, 2025
6 CE Hours
9:00 am - 4:15 pm EST
Live Interactive Webinar
Seminar Description
Join psychologist and consultant Dr. Christopher Willard in this one-day webinar on bringing mindfulness, compassion and self-compassion into psychotherapy. The webinar will examine the role of compassion and self-compassion in self-regulation, co-regulation and healing in and out of the therapy hour. Exploring the physiology and neuroscience of mindfulness and compassion, with practical techniques to soothe attachment wounds, relieve anxiety, trauma, depression, even addiction. From practices ranging for thirty seconds to thirty minutes, for in and out of the clinical hour, participants will learn trauma sensitive techniques that will leave participants and your clients empowered, embodied, and better regulated in their challenging internal and external worlds.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
· Identify the key elements of self-compassion and mindfulness
· Summarize the interpersonal neurobiology of self-compassion and compassion practices and their effects on depression, anxiety, and stress
· Gain practical neuroscience research about mindfulness and self-compassion
· Use self-compassion and compassion practices to reduce compassion fatigue/burnout/secondary trauma in practitioners and other caregivers.
· Share self-compassion strategies with others, safely minimizing risks of dissociation and decompensation in traumatized individuals.

