Mindfulness-Based Strategies for Substance Use Disorders, Opioid Misuse and Chronic Pain
Date: Friday, April 12, 2019
Time: 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Faulk Center for Counseling
22455 Boca Rio Road
Boca Raton, FL 33433
CE Credits: 7 CEs/CPEs
Target Audience: Psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, RD, Nurses
Learning Level: Introductory
Course Type: Live Seminar
Cost: Early Registration
$149 Professional
$129 Public/Student
After March 12, 2019:
$169 Professional
$149 Public Student
Time: 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Faulk Center for Counseling
22455 Boca Rio Road
Boca Raton, FL 33433
CE Credits: 7 CEs/CPEs
Target Audience: Psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, RD, Nurses
Learning Level: Introductory
Course Type: Live Seminar
Cost: Early Registration
$149 Professional
$129 Public/Student
After March 12, 2019:
$169 Professional
$149 Public Student
Class Description:
With the current opioid crisis as a background, this 7-hour workshop will highlight the impact of substance use disorders on the individual and society, and how and when mindfulness-based interventions are beneficial in the treatment of substance use disorders as well as in chronic pain. There will be discussions on mindfulness, addiction, pain, and stress. Recent neuroscience and clinical research of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for relapse prevention will be presented. We will practice mindful meditations, including mindful eating during lunch, with time for inquiry, so that participants may integrate their direct experience with the didactic portions of the workshop.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the effects of addiction and stress on the brain
2. Define mindfulness
3. Practice a body scan meditation
4. Describe how mindfulness practices affect brain structure and function
5. Practice a mindful eating exercise
6. List the benefits of mindful meditation practices in the treatment of chronic pain
7. Determine when and how mindfulness is beneficial for substance use disorders
8. Practice a lovingkindness meditation
With the current opioid crisis as a background, this 7-hour workshop will highlight the impact of substance use disorders on the individual and society, and how and when mindfulness-based interventions are beneficial in the treatment of substance use disorders as well as in chronic pain. There will be discussions on mindfulness, addiction, pain, and stress. Recent neuroscience and clinical research of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for relapse prevention will be presented. We will practice mindful meditations, including mindful eating during lunch, with time for inquiry, so that participants may integrate their direct experience with the didactic portions of the workshop.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the effects of addiction and stress on the brain
2. Define mindfulness
3. Practice a body scan meditation
4. Describe how mindfulness practices affect brain structure and function
5. Practice a mindful eating exercise
6. List the benefits of mindful meditation practices in the treatment of chronic pain
7. Determine when and how mindfulness is beneficial for substance use disorders
8. Practice a lovingkindness meditation
Our Presenter:
Gus Castellanos, M.D. is a graduate of the U of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He practiced Neurology and Sleep Medicine in South Florida for 25 years. He has been practicing mindfulness since 1998 and teaching mindfulness programs since 2009. He is certified to teach MBSR by the University of Massachusetts Center For Mindfulness & trained by University of Miami’s Neuroscience Lab. He
currently teaches at a variety of facilities through-out So Fla. including the University of Miami School of Medicine, Osher Center For Integrative Medicine, FIU College of Medicine, UMindfulness, Mindful Kids Miami, and the Sari Center for Integrative Cancer Care. He has trained thousands of participants in his mindfulness classes and workshops, including hospice leadership, physicians, US Army soldiers, First Responders and behavioral health specialists. He facilitates a bi-monthly mindfulness session at a local prison since 2011, lectures widely and writes a bimonthly Mindfulness newsletter. He founded a local mindfulness teacher group in 2011 that continues to meet monthly. He serves as adviser to Palm Healthcare Train The Brain Initiative, and to the MBSR program at Jupiter Medical Center, a UMass Center For Mindfulness affiliate.
Gus Castellanos, M.D. is a graduate of the U of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He practiced Neurology and Sleep Medicine in South Florida for 25 years. He has been practicing mindfulness since 1998 and teaching mindfulness programs since 2009. He is certified to teach MBSR by the University of Massachusetts Center For Mindfulness & trained by University of Miami’s Neuroscience Lab. He
currently teaches at a variety of facilities through-out So Fla. including the University of Miami School of Medicine, Osher Center For Integrative Medicine, FIU College of Medicine, UMindfulness, Mindful Kids Miami, and the Sari Center for Integrative Cancer Care. He has trained thousands of participants in his mindfulness classes and workshops, including hospice leadership, physicians, US Army soldiers, First Responders and behavioral health specialists. He facilitates a bi-monthly mindfulness session at a local prison since 2011, lectures widely and writes a bimonthly Mindfulness newsletter. He founded a local mindfulness teacher group in 2011 that continues to meet monthly. He serves as adviser to Palm Healthcare Train The Brain Initiative, and to the MBSR program at Jupiter Medical Center, a UMass Center For Mindfulness affiliate.