Mindfulness-integrated CBT Foundation Course

Overview

Mindfulness-integrated CBT is an established mindfulness-based therapy specifically designed to address a wide range of clinical and subclinical conditions. For mental health therapists to successfully implement mindfulness-based therapies, such as MiCBT, it is essential that they first develop their own skills before learning to implement them with their clients/patients. During the Foundation course, you will develop a sound understanding of MiCBT principles, theory and practice. Following this course, you may then enroll in the Applied Course and learn under supervision to implement Mindfulness-integrated CBT with your clients/patients. 

This foundational course will involve didactic, practical and experiential means of learning, including: 

• mindfulness meditation (as traditionally taught in the Burmese Vipassana method) 
• implementing the four stages of MiCBT, including mindfulness-based exposure and relapse prevention strategies 
• masterclasses delivered online 
• real case demonstrations on video and in a master class format

Prerequisites

Completion of the 2-day workshop required.

Learning Objectives

You will learn:

• core and advanced mindfulness meditation skills 
• theoretical underpinnings and fundamentals of mindfulness practice to understand the complex foundations of behaviour maintenance and change 
• understand the complex foundations of behaviour maintenance and change 
• how to engage the client in the treatment plan 
• the transdiagnostic use of the four stages of MiCBT 
• mindfulness-based relapse prevention strategies

Schedule

Nine 2-hour sessions.  

 The Online Teaching Platform

The online teaching of the Foundation Course is done through Zoom. It is interactive with everyone online at the same time. Zoom is accessed through your internet browser and you do not need to purchase any software - all you need is a computer with good internet connection, a headset with microphone and a webcam.

Course Materials

• Book: Cayoun, B. A. (2015). Mindfulness-integrated CBT for Wellbeing and Personal Growth: four steps to enhance inner calm, self-confidence and relationships. Chichester, UK: Wiley.
• CDs: Two professionally recorded 80-minute CDs for the full implementation of mindfulness training (also available in MP3 format).
• free access to over 30 client handouts and therapist work forms
• free Associate membership to the MiCBT Institute

CPD and Certificate of Attendance

18 CPD hours may be claimed, but please check eligibility with your professional body regarding other criteria, e.g.. active, special college, etc. (For Australian psychologists, this course meets criteria for 18 Active CPD hours). Certificates of Completion are issued to participants who attend a minimum 7 of the 9 online sessions, irrespective of whether or not the recorded lessons are watched. 

Join Waiting List

If this course is full, please join the waiting list and we will contact you if a place becomes available or if we open a second class (subject to numbers).