Upcoming Medical Conferences in Vashon

MBRP: Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention is organized by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness and will be held from May 31 - Jun 05, 2020 at Camp Burton, Vashon, Washington, United States of America. Target Audience: This 5-day intensive workshop is intended for mental health professionals wishing to expand their practice to include MBRP and mindfulness-related practices. Those in attendance should be either licensed clinicians in a mental health field, clinicians-in-training, or interested professionals who do not intend to deliver the intervention directly but have other professional interests in the topic (i.e. researchers, administrators, etc.). All participants should have at least a modest regular meditation practice and an established practice is preferred. Continuing Education Credit: APA: This program is sponsored by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The 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. This course offers 26.0 hours of credit. NAADAC: The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors to sponsor continuing education for addiction professionals. This course offers 26.0 hours of credit. Description: Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) is a 5-day course integrating empirically supported interventions from Dr. Alan Marlatt’s Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT), Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Zindel Segal and colleagues’ Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). This program was specifically created for clients in recovery from substance use disorders, and is designed to prevent relapse for those who have undergone inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment. The MBRP curriculum integrates mindfulness meditation practices with cognitive-behavioral strategies to support clients’ recovery. The MBRP skills help participants learn to recognize and stay with discomfort (physical, cognitive and emotional) as opposed to reactively reaching for a “fix.” Combining mindfulness and relapse prevention cultivates heightened awareness of both internal and external triggers, while promoting vital lifestyle modifications for a healthy life of recovery. The MBRP program and its principles of treatment require an experiential understanding of mindfulness meditation practices. Therefore, it is essential for clinicians who facilitate MBRP groups to have their own daily mindfulness meditation practice, and endeavor to embody the principles they teach. Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: • Demonstrate an intellectual and experiential understanding of the MBRP principles and the role of mindfulness in relapse prevention • Define and describe the integration of RPT and mindfulness techniques • Practice, lead and inquire the core MBRP exercises • Effectively lead the MBRP mindfulness meditation and mindful movement practices • Recognize and describe clinical and logistical issues that arise in leading MBRP courses • Develop and/or deepen their own mindfulness meditation practice through formal periods of practice and mindfulness as a mode of being in daily life and appreciate the necessity of personal practice for successful delivery of this treatment modality