DESCRIPTION
This didactic and experiential workshop series will explore a variety of mind-body skills that social workers and therapists can use to support themselves and can easily utilize as interventions with clients. The techniques are medically proven to calm the central nervous system, activate the parasympathetic nervous system and the frontal lobe. These techniques are applicable to many diagnoses; this series will address the diagnoses of depression, anxiety, and grief.
This is a 3-part Series:
Workshop 1: Reduction of Depression Symptoms through Mind-Body Techniques (10/14/2016)
Workshop 2: Reduction of Anxiety Symptoms through Mind-Body Techniques (1/13/2017)
Workshop 3: Reduction of Grief Symptoms Through Mind-Body Techniques (4/21/2017)
Participants can attend one workshop or the entire series.
Type of Event: Continuing Education
Category: Cat 1
CE Credit Hours: 3.0 (per workshop)
Workshop II: Reduction of Anxiety Symptoms through Mind-Body Techniques
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Participants will learn the research based underpinnings of mind-body medicine as it relates to anxiety.
- Participants will learn autogenics to calm the central nervous system.
- Participants will experience guided imagery as a way to reduce anxiety.
- Participants will learn the value of meditation as a way to manage stress and anxiety.
SPECIFIC AGENDA:
9:00- 9:10 – Welcome and introduction of topic
9:10-9:15 – Brief meditation
9:15-9:30 – Introduction of participants
9:30-10:00 –Review/Overview of mind-body techniques
10:00-10:30 – Autogenics exercise and processing
10:30-10:45 – Break
10:45-11:15 –Safe place guided imagery and processing
11:15-12:00 – Science of meditation; meditation experience and processing
12:00-12:15 –Wrap-up
RECOMMENDED BOOKS/BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Gordon, J. S., Staples, J. K., Blyta, A., Bytyqi, M., & Wilson, A. T. (2008). Treatment of
posttraumatic stress disorder in postwar Kosovar adolescents using mind-body skills
groups: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69, 1469–1476.
doi:10.4088/JCP.v69n0915
Gordon, JS. Holistic medicine and mental health practice: toward a new synthesis. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry. 1990; 60(3); 357-370.
Kessler R, et al. The use of complementary and alternative therapies to treat anxiety and depression in the United States. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2001; 158: 289-294.
Richardson, Mary Ann, et al. Complementary/alternative medicine use in a comprehensive cancer center and the implications for oncology. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2000; 18:2505-14.
Williams, RJ. Biochemical individuality. (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1980).
Taylor, S. E., M. E. Kemeny, G. M. Reed, J. E. Bower, and T. L. Gruenewald. 2000. psychological resources, positive illusions, and health. American Psychologist 55 (1):99-109.
The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/11/mantras-before-math-class/412618/
Washington Post, Sept 2, 2015 article “How to communicate like a Buddhist— mindfully and without judgment” by Cynthia Kayne http://wapo.st/1UmuRFL
Mindfulness: and eight-week plan for finding Peace in a frantic world by Mark Williams and Danny Penman
Calming your anxious mind; how mindfulness and compassion can free you from anxiety, fear, and panic by Jeffrey Brantley, MD
Grieving Mindfully. By Sameet M. Kumar, Ph.D.
INSTRUCTOR NAMES: Fran Zamore, LCSW-C and Michael Shea, LICSW
Phone: 240-688-9099
E-mail: fran.zamore@gmail.com
Website: www.franzamore.com; www.mindfulmatters-dc.com
