MIndful Self-Compassion Core Skills - CE Credit Only (Valley Mindfulness)
Presenter(s): David Spound
CE/CPE Credit: Up to 12.0 credit hours
Target Audience:
Psychology (Nationwide - APA Approved Sponsor)
Registered Dietitian (Nationwide - CDR Approved Sponsor)
Approved for the follow professions in these states: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington
Counseling
Social Work
Marriage & Family Therapy
Approved for the follow professions in these states: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington
Nursing
Approved for the follow professions in these states: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington
Dentists and Dental Hygienists
***Please check with your local board to see if they will accept APA approved sponsor classes and/or board qualifications from another State Board.
Learning Level: Introductory
Course Type:
Live Program, to be purchased from Valley Mindfulness
Day 1
- List the three components of Self-Compassion
- Describe key research that supports the benefits of self-compassion
- Define Mindfulness and mindful self compassion
- Practice an Affectionate Breathing Meditation
- Define emotional resistance (e.g. “backdraft”) and how it creates unnecessary distress
- List the “adaptive” functions of self-criticism, and how to motivate ourselves with compassion instead
Day 2
- Practice a “Giving and Receiving Compassion” meditation
- Practice a Soften, Soothe and Allow Meditation
- Define shame, and how self-compassion is the antidote for shame
- Define Caregiver Fatigue, and the signs and symptoms of caregiver fatigue
- Practice a Self-Compassion with equanimity meditation
- Define “negativity bias” and how it is hardwired in our brains