Mindful Eating-Conscious Living (ME-CL1): A Foundational Professional Training Course (Apr, 2018)

Mindful Eating-Conscious Living (ME-CL1): A Foundational Professional Training Course is organized by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness and will be held during Apr 11 - 16, 2018 at The Rest Point, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.

The target audience for this medical event is intended for professionals wishing to incorporate mindful eating and supportive mindfulness-related practices in their one-on-one clinical practice and/or into group work in which eating, food and body are aspects or the central focus. The program was designed for clinicians in mental health or healthcare fields and clinicians-in-training in these fields. This program is also relevant for therapists and counselors who do not specialize in eating-related disorders as a way to understand, through the lens of mindfulness, the unique opportunity that eating and food provide as gateways to self-awareness and understanding for those who experience anxiety, depression, abuse, stress and/or illness. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 34.75 contact hours.

Conference Description :
The intersection of mindfulness, eating and our relationship to food is the focus of this professional training. Inherent at that juncture are the thoughts, emotions and physical sensations that impact how we relate to food and our body in skillful and unskillful ways. The training emphasizes experiential engagement in mindfulness meditation practices and mindful eating awareness exercises, so that the participant will be able to pass the benefit of these exercises on to clients and patients in a variety of settings. These practices and exercises are integral components of the nine-session Mindful Eating Program Curriculum and Leader’s Guide, designed by Bays and Wilkins, which provides the organizing structure from this training. Every participant will receive a copy of the Leader’s Guide. Mindfulness can deepen through the exploration of our relationship to eating and food and provide an opportunity to see more clearly the connection between body, mind and heart.

Continuing education credits for participation in this program are available for an additional fee Psychologists, Psychotherapists (LCSW, MFT, LPC), Dietitians - $75

Conference Objectives are :
• Demonstrate delivery of a range of eating awareness practices.
• Facilitate the nine-session Mindful Eating Program Curriculum in their setting, adapting it to their clientele.
• Articulate the pivotal importance of mindful inquiry and investigation in teaching mindful eating practices.
• Appreciate and understand their own unique qualifications, strengths and weaknesses in regards to facilitating mindfulness and mindful eating in their work.
• Develop or deepen their own mindfulness meditation and mindful eating practices.
• Understand the impact and importance of these personal practices in the successful delivery of the curriculum.
• Articulate habituated patterns of mind, emotions and body sensations related to eating behaviors.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.