Harnessing Mindfulness in Clinical Practice

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Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D. Related seminars and products

Associate Professor

Harvard Medical School

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Ronald D Siegel, Psy.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 25 years. He is a longtime student of mindfulness meditation and serves on the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He teaches internationally about mindfulness and psychotherapy and mind/body treatment, has worked for many years in community mental health with inner city children and families, and maintains a private clinical practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Dr. Siegel is co-author of the self-treatment guide Back Sense, which integrates Western and Eastern approaches for treating chronic back pain; co-editor of the critically acclaimed professional text, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and author of the new step-by-step comprehensive guide for general audiences The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Ronald Siegel is an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School.  He is a faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Siegel receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.  

Non-financial: Ronald Siegel has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

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Objectives

• Describe the three core elements of mindfulness practice
• Identify common denominators in psychological difficulties
• Specify how mindfulness practices can be tailored to the needs of particular types of clients
• Describe the core attitude toward experience found in depression and how mindfulness practice can help to transform it
• Indicate the mechanisms that maintain anxiety disorders and how these can be altered using mindfulness practice
• Specify the core dynamic of chronic back pain and other psychophysiological disorders and how mindfulness practice can help in its relief

Outline

Mindfulness: What Is It Really?

• The three pillars of mindfulness
• What mindfulness is and isn’t
• How to cultivate mindfulness both inside and outside of the therapy hour

How Mindfulness Works

• Common factors in virtually all psychological disorders
• Mindfulness practices as an antidote
• Boost the effectiveness of all forms of treatment

The Neurobiology of Mindfulness

• How mindfulness practices change brain structure and function
• Understand how the neurobiology of mindfulness can free us from problematic thoughts and emotions

Fit the Practice to the Person

• Guidelines to tailor techniques to particular patients or clients
• Special practices for trauma survivors, fragile individuals, and others for whom meditation can be difficult or dangerous

Mindfulness and Intimacy

• Enhance relationships, both inside and outside of the therapeutic hour
• Track the flow of connection and disconnection in intimate relationships

Working with Depression: Entering the Dark Places Together

• What mindfulness reveals about the dynamics of depression
• Use mindfulness to move toward experience to wake up and come alive

Befriending Fear: Treating Anxiety Disorders

• Overcome anxiety by befriending fear
• Practice CBT on steroids: Embracing the wisdom of insecurity

Beyond Symptom Management: Resolving Stress-Related Disorders

• The Strange Case of Chronic Back Pain
• Treating sexual dysfunctions, insomnia, and digestive distress
• See how psychophysiological disorders can be doors to personal development

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