Mindfulness Based Stress Management

On this 2 day foundation workshop participants will be introduced to mindfulness strategies to help manage stress in the workplace and promote personal well-being.  Whilst the focus is on health professionals managing their own stress, some participants will find it helpful in developing their understanding of how mindfulness could be of benefit to their patients/clients.   There is a broad and widening evidence base for the use of mindfulness to better manage stress, pain and illness.

The aims of this course are:To introduce you to a range of mindfulness practices that will help your own stress management at workTo develop a clear understanding of how mindfulness can support your work as a health professionalTo develop your understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of mindfulness and your understanding of the relationship of mindfulness to stress physiology, stress reduction and cognitive psychologyTo enable you to begin to identify and explore how mindfulness practices might be used in your own work settingTo identify how you can take this work further if you would like to.The course will cover the following topics:What mindfulness isAn introduction to a range of formal and informal mindfulness practicesIncreased awareness of ‘Self’ including body awareness and awareness of thoughts and emotionsThe underlying theoretical background of mindfulnessWhat mindfulness-based interventions are and how they workThe relationship of mindfulness to stress physiology, stress reduction and cognitive psychologyThe relevance of mindfulness work to health and wellbeing. Course Information Start DateStart TimeDurationCostCourse CodeApply TBC TBC 2 days TBC CS6046 Register Interest Tutor Info Carolyn Cheasman is a highly specialist speech and language therapist and has trained at Bangor university to become a...