Have you ever felt swamped with negative thoughts and emotions? Have you ever found yourself feeling down and blue? You are not alone. Feeling anxious or sad is really common and the World Health Organization (WHO) says that depressive mood and anxiety could be the biggest health problems we face in the world.
Well, you have come to the right place! Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy(MBCT) is an 8-week, evidence-based, experiential program that combines ideas of cognitive therapy and mindfulness meditation practices to cultivate present moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is designed to cultivate resilience and safeguard against recurring bouts of negative thoughts, emotions, and low mood. Research finds MBCT to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and stands as a validated alternative to medication.
In this course, you will be able to understand the traits of mood disorders and cultivate a new, heartful relationship to them by turning towards habitual patterns of thinking that keep you stuck and spiraling down. With practice, you will be able to build your capacity to respond to life’s challenges in more mindful and attentive ways.
Participants will be required to meet with the instructor before the program starts. You will receive more information on this closer to the start date.
Join us and unlock your inner resilience and embrace emotional balance by joining this transformative 8-week course!
What You’ll Learn
- Attend to patterns of thought, emotions, behavior
- Raise awareness of and reduce identification with negative states
- Build skills to prevent relapse using mindfulness meditation techniques
- Learn to respond rather than react, using the element of choice
Who Should Participate
If you often worry about the future or dwell on the past, experience low mood, or have a history of anxiety and/or depression, this is the class for you. A commitment to attendance of 80% of the full series and home practice activities is required. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend the daylong silent retreat.
Helpful Resources
- The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Distress — John Teasdale, Mark Williams, and Zindel Segal (Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn).
- Video: Zindel Segal speaks about MBCT
- Kuyken (2016): Individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized trials (MBCT and relapse prevention).
Objectives
At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Articulate the key aspects of mindfulness as it relates to coping with negative moods and preventing relapse of depression and anxiety.
- Differentiate MBCT from and other CBT techniques that may seem similar but are quite different in contending with negative mood states.
- Practice the key aspects of mindfulness to manage symptoms and to prevent relapse of depression and anxiety.
- Apply mindfulness and cognitive therapy techniques when managing difficult situations and emotions in both personal and professional settings.
- Explain the potential benefits mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (and mindfulness) to family and friends
- Create plans to continue and deepen personal practice of mindfulness.
Note: This course does not train facilitators; it is for participants wishing to learn MBCT tools for themselves.
Additional $50 fee for CE credits. This must be paid before the program starts and you must attend all sessions to receive the CE certificate.
Continuing education credits are awarded in the following categories: American Psychological Association and Board of Registered Nursing.
Psychologists
UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 22.0 CE credit.
California Licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs
This activity is an approved continuing education program by the American Psychological Association. Credit hours may be applied to your license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. 22.0 CE credit.
Nurses
UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing to sponsor continuing education. Provider Number CEP16351. 26.0 contact hours.
A refund (minus your $50 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit) will be made for cancellations submitted in writing up to 7 days prior to the event start date by emailing mindfulness@.ucsd.edu. No refunds will be allowed within 6 days of the event start date.
Please be aware that the registration fee, deposits, and funds are non-transferable to other programs.
In the unlikely event that the course is cancelled, UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee. In regards to in-person programs, the center is not responsible for any refunds to transportation, hotel accommodations, or any miscellaneous expenses.
Refunds are processed using the same method as the original payment (unless past 180 days).