In this comprehensive, three-day certificate course, Licensed Psychologist Dr. Jeff Tarrant, will share powerful clinical tools that will bolster your treatment plans to reduce stress, manage depression and anxiety, ground traumatized clients, and help you to work with a variety of other disorders. Dr. Tarrant’s Board certification in neurofeedback, 15 years of teaching Mindfulness and Meditation, and a research focus on brainwave change resulting from contemplative practices, uniquely position him to connect Meditation and Mindfulness to their direct impacts on the brain, psychological disorders, and daily functioning.
The 3-day Certificate Program begins with the 1 day foundations course with 2 additional days of hands-on training and practice. This option is for those clinicians that want a deeper understanding of the science and practice of the NeuroMeditation system. You will receive detailed instruction on how to successfully use dozens of core and advanced skills and learn how to apply them to the specific mental health disorders you see in your office each day. In this workshop, you will have the chance to master what you’ve learned so you are confident and ready to use these techniques and tools in your very next session!
When: September 21 - 23 2018, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Where: Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) - Holiday Inn & Suites Ottawa Kanata
Cost: $675 (Early Bird Discounts Available!)
Block Rooms available. Call (613) 271-3057 or visit online to make a reservation. Use code "I5I" to get $20 off each night you stay at the Holiday Inn & Suites Ottawa Kanata. Note that Block Rooms and Rates are only available for reservation until 8/21/18.
Agenda:
DAY ONE:
The Brain on Meditation:
How Brainwaves and States of Consciousness Inform Your Therapeutic Approach
Regions of the brain important in meditation
Default Mode Network
Attention Networks
Emotional Networks
How attention and intention impacts brainwaves and networks
Tools to help individuals choose a Meditation Style
Introduction to EEG (brainwave training for meditative states)
Reduce Stress and Anxiety:
Essential Mindfulness and Meditation Strategies
Formal and informal practices
Anxiety, Stress, & the Mind
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
The Anxious Brain: Overactivated Anterior Cingulate and Default Mode Network
The Anxious Brain Lives in the Future
Present-Focused Mindfulness is the Antidote
Thoughts are Not Facts
The conditioned mind causes suffering
The mind as meaning-maker and storyteller
Turn Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques Into Mindfulness
The Science
Mindfulness increases slow brainwaves
Experience calm awareness and distance from thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations
Mindfulness as a match for stress and anxiety related symptoms
Basic Practices:
Keys to Effectively Leading a Mindfulness Meditation
Using the Breath as an Anchor
Mindfulness of Sound
Mindfulness Begins in the Body
Yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi
3 Variations of Walking Meditation
Trauma-Informed Body Scan Techniques
Tools for Grounding
Mindfulness of Thoughts Meditation
Mindfulness of Emotions Meditation
Choiceless Awareness
Mindfulness Meditation tips, tricks, and tools
Informal Practice(s):
Working with Cognitive Distortions
Active Storytelling: Changing the Habits of the Mind
Slow It Down: Working Skillfully with Disruptive Technologies (e.g., social media,
television)
Mindfulness Adjuncts: Additional Strategies to Quiet the Brain
Tracing a Mandalynth
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) Breathing
Technology Tools that make Mindfulness interesting
Phone Apps
Music
Virtual Reality
DAY TWO:
Manage Depression, Extinguish Anger, and Promote Empathy:
Movement Based Practices and Meditations to Increase Gratitude, Forgiveness and Appreciation
Heart Focused Meditation
Loving kindness & Compassion
Gratitude & Appreciation; Positive Psychology
Forgiveness
The Science
Frontal Lobe Asymmetry & Depression
Loving kindness vs. Focused Attention
Activating the Insula
The Brain on loving kindness: Lessons from Tibetan Monks
Bringing the Body into Your Open-Heart Practice
Using the Mind-Body Connection to our Advantage
Lessons from Research
Open Heart Meditation Postures
A Developmental Approach for Addressing Active Depression
Lovingkindness May Be Too Advanced…
Beginning with a Focus Practice
Learning to Shift Attention Away from Ruminations
Encouraging Positive Emotional States
Basic Heart Activating Meditation
Appreciation & Gratitude: A Starting Point
Using Memories as an Anchor
Guided Gratitude Meditation
Gratitude Journals
The Physiological & Psychological Impact of Gratitude
Negativity Bias: Countering the Brain’s Pessimistic Habits
Deepening the Positive
Taking in the Good
Self-Compassion
The Role of Self-Talk & What to Do About It!
The Practice of Loving kindness & Compassion
Meditation Formula
Using Phrases to Guide Emotional States
Movement Based Practices for Open Heart
Quantum Movement Qigong
Five Daily Open Heart Practices
DAY THREE:
OCD, Personality Disorders, Pain, and Eating Disorders:
Mindfulness Meditation Tools to Quiet the Mind
Learning to Relax: A Critical First Step
The Science
Default Mode Network (DMN) and the “ego”
Decreased activation of the DMN
Quiet Mind Tips and Tools
Using a Mantra
Relax the Eyes and Tongue
Attitude of Surrender
Alpha Synchrony & Open Focus
Working with Objectless Imagery
Experiencing Negative Space
Quiet Mind Qigong
Working with Nature
Technology-Based Tools
Audio Visual Entrainment as a Meditation Aid
Fractals
Sound Meditation Strategies for a Quiet Mind
Trauma Informed Meditation and Mindfulness:
Triggers, Benefits and Limitations
What about PTSD?
How Each Meditation Style Can Be a Trigger
Trauma Informed Care
The Basics of Trauma-Informed Meditation
Informed Consent
Grounding
Brainwaves and Trauma
PTSD brain
Alpha bridge
Deep States
Alpha-Theta
iRest Yoga Nidra
Altered States