Acceptance and commitment therapy for people who stammer
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In London
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Course
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Location
London
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Start date
Different dates available
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a powerful new approach to therapy and has been demonstrated to be effective with a wide-range of difficulties. There are two broad aims to the approach: you’ll learn a range of skills to help you deal with negative thoughts and feelings so that they have far less influence on your life. Also you’ll identify what’s really important to you (your valued directions) and through ACT’s particular style of goal-setting you’ll move towards taking your life in the directions you want to go. ACT encourages action – it’s not just talking about your problems type of therapy, you’ll come away with some very practical skills for taking positive action.
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About this course
By the end of the course you should be able to:
Identify the relevance of mindfulness work to stammering
Identify key personal mind states and understand how these might help or hinder you
Apply a variety of meditation practices on a daily basis
Have a greater acceptance of aspects of your experience, including stammering.
None. The cost of 3 CDs essential for the course is included in the course fee.
You will be taught by two experienced specialist stammering therapists. One of the tutors stammers herself. Both tutors have established mindfulness meditation practices and one is currently studying for an MA in mindfulness based approaches.
This is a highly practical course. Each week you will participate in meditation practices led by the tutors. Home practice is an integral and essential part of the course. You need to set aside 45 minutes per day for this and will need to purchase 3 CDs to guide this home practice (cost included in the course fee.). There will be some tutor input on theory and discussion on the relevance to stammering.
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Subjects
- Meditation
- Speech Therapy
- Approach
Course programme
What mindfulness meditation is
The relevance of mindfulness work to stammering
Developing awareness of thoughts, feelings and behaviour
How to become more focussed
Identifying different mind states
A variety of meditation practices including breathing spaces
Pleasant and unpleasant events calendar
The relationship of mindfulness meditation to cognitive therapy
The importance and helpfulness of acceptance
Setting up an ongoing practice schedule.
Additional information
Acceptance and commitment therapy for people who stammer