Group Training - 8-Week live online MiCBT Group Training
The MiCBT group program teaches mindfulness integrated with CBT in 8 online sessions of two hours with a requirement for daily personal practice (20 to 30 minute practice per day is recommended for the duration of the course). At each session, we discuss how practice is going and discuss both the positive events and practice challenges that people experience week by week. As this is a highly experiential program; each session devotes time to practicing mindfulness skills in the group. The teaching style is gentle, supportive and encouraging, recognising the challenges that arise.
8 week online program full fee – $599 – cost includes assessments, program manual, practice audios and ongoing mindfulness sessions after the program finishes. Medicare rebates are available with a medical referral, providing a significant cost reduction. We are committed to making our programs accessible.
4-week Refresher Program
These programs are offered online for past participants of the 8-week program.
Ongoing Support Program
For MiCBT graduates we offer:
- thrice-weekly online meditation sessions – for those wishing to continue with group support for their mindfulness practice.
- Half-day online retreats to deepen practice
- 10x 1-hour monthly group sessions – an opportunity to have some supplementary guidance on using the skills and techniques in daily life
Group Training- Mindfulness for mental health and well-being
Mindfulness integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for depression, anxiety, and stress and to develop resilience and well-being
This eight-week program teaches mindfulness skills together with CBT to help to modify the mental processes that cause us to feel “ill” at ease. Specifically, we work on fresh awareness of the thinking patterns and accompanying body sensations which arise and contribute to recurring stress, anxiety and depression, anger, chronic pain and attentional issues. The CBT elements enable participants to integrate and apply the skills to the troublesome issues of our lives. MiCBT is designed to address the underlying processes common to a wide range of psychological problems to improve psychological well-being and resilience, providing both short and long-term benefits.
MiCBT is developed by Dr. Bruno Cayoun and shares some similarities with Kabat Zinn’s MBSR and Segal, Teasdale and Williams MBCT programs.
However, MiCBT is designed as a transdiagnostic program and powerfully integrates mindfulness skills with cognitive and behavioural techniques to enable behavior change. MiCBT has a strong emphasis on body awareness and “equanimity”(acceptance with non-reactivity) and the connection to thoughts and emotions/body sensatiolns.
Mindfulness-based therapies have proven effectiveness in many research studies over the last thirty years and Dr Francis’s PhD research demonstrated the effectiveness of MiCBT in a recent randomised controlled trial in which the significant improvements were gained and maintained over a 6-month period.
On completion of MiCBT program through active engagement with the mindfulness exercises participants will be able to:
- use mindfulness skills in daily life to manage emotional reactivity
- have a better understanding of the relationship between mental and physical experiences and mood
- be better able to relax, think more clearly and control thoughts
- gain enhanced ability to manage stress, anxiety and depression
- be able to apply mindfulness skills to assist in changing habitual behavioural patterns
- have an enhanced sense of well-being
The program provides:
- Pre-program assessment
- 8 two hour group sessions
- Feedback and support with skilled facilitation by highly trained psychologists
- Participant notes and audio instructions
- Access to ongoing support group on completion of the program
MiCBT refresher program
If you have dropped your mindfulness practice or have forgotten some of the principles – this program may be for you..
This 4-week program refreshes the skills learned in the 8-week program. We revisit the suite of mindfulness exercises and the theory on applying the skills to life problems.
On completion of this program through active engagement with the mindfulness exercises participants will be able to:
- enhance their daily mindfulness skills to maintain even-mindedness
- refresh their understanding of the relationship between mental and physical experiences and reactivity
- consolidate the capacity to manage stress, anxiety, and depression
- re-visit how mindfulness skills assist in changing habitual behavioural patterns
- have an enhanced sense of well-being
The program provides:
- Pre-program assessment (optional)
- Four 90 minute group sessions
- Feedback and support with skilled facilitation by highly trained psychologists
This program requires a commitment to daily home exercises including the practice of mindfulness skills. It requires a commitment to daily home exercise practice of mindfulness skills.
Individual sessions may be made available to participants during the course where required.
There are many resources to refer to both for clients and for clinicians -below are two useful books and additional resources available here:
https://store.mindfulness.net.au
