Mindfulness Seminar for Mental Health Practitioners (6CES)

7498 North Remington Avenue,Fresno CA 93711

22 October, 2022

Description

Who should attend? This course teaches participants how to teach, facilitate and implement mindfulness principles and practices for stress reduction both for their clients and developing a personal mindfulness practice. Clinicians or those who work with individuals, families, groups, couples or adolescents in private practice, in-patient or outpatient clinical settings should enroll in this course. The Mindfulness Principles and Practices Experiential Workshop was developed and designed by Yessica D. Avancena, LMFT follows practices from a variety of models to include MBSR, Mindful Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Application Practices. Course Description Certification requires a full 6 hours of learning and practicing how to use a variety of tools to implement, facilitate and begin a mindfulness practice with clients to reduce stress and improve symptoms. The curriculum is broken up into 3 didactic lectures Introduction to Mindfulness, The True Self and the Ego, and Building Your Own Practice, and experiential modules, including Eating Mindfully, Mindful Walking, and Relational Mindfulness. At the end of the 6 hour class participants will have a solid foundation of mindfulness concepts, skills and practices that will help them support clients with anxiety and other mental health conditions, as well as to develop mindfulness practices tailored to fit client’s needs in order to reduce stress and anxiety. Retreat Description During the retreat portion of the day Certified Yoga Instructor Sierra Martinez will lead you through experiential mindfulness activities, including a 30-minute gentle Yoga flow, Yoga Nidra, which is a guided meditation, and a 30-minute Mindful Drumming session. Meet your Instructor Yessica Avancena is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who also holds a Master’s in Business Administration and is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher. She is certified by the MAPS Corp for cutting-edge Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and currently offers integrative sessions. She is the founder and CEO of MindfulYou Psychotherapy and Healing Center. Her intuitive work in the field of psychotherapy has incorporated cutting-edge Mindfulness practices with talk therapy to non-judgmentally walk along the path towards healing for her clients. She provides therapy for families, couples, children, and adults as well as Mindfulness consulting and Executive Coaching. She also provides clinical supervision for her hand-picked Associate Clinicians. She is the creator of the Mindfulness App Mindful Minute which has a Mindfulness Masterclass and guided meditations that can be found in the app markets. www.themindfulminuteapp.com in addition, she is a self-published author of children’s mindfulness storybooks. COST $165 for the one-day seminar & retreat $50 Student/non-licensed rate Additional $35 for 6-hour CE certificate Deposit of $50 required to register To Register call 559-777-6797, or reserve a free ticket on eventbrite and our staff will reach out to you to confirm payment. You can also register in person at 7498 N Remington, Suite 102, Fresno until October 19th. ACCOMMODATIONS To request accommodations for special needs, or to obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email [email protected] EXTRAS (does not count towards CEU hours) Two 10-minute breaks with coffee and light refreshments 30-minute catered on-site lunch 30 minutes gentle yoga session, with 10-minute breaks before and after. 30-minute drum circle CEU Information Course Completion Certificates (CEUs) will be awarded at the end of the course, to receive a certificate a fee of $35 must be submitted to PCT Coach, along with a completed test and evaluation form. PCT Coach has partnered with Mindful You Psychotherapy and Aspire Counseling Service to provide this CE course. PCT Coach (Provider #141608) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFT’S, LCSW’s, LPCC’S and LEP’S. PCT Coach maintains responsibility for the program and all its content. Course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s and LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences