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As associate members of UKAHPP (UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners) we adhere to their ethical codes and procedures.
As an Organisational Member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) we are bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy and subject to the Professional conduct Procedure for the time being in force.
Member of APSCC (Association for Pastoral and Spiritual Care and Counselling a division of BACP).
Member of BAPCA (The British Association for the Person-Centred Approach).
Member of FSB (The Federation of Small Businesses).
Ffynnon Patron: Lay Canon Professor Brian Thorne, FBACP, FCollP, FRSA .
Ffynnon Director: Jonathan Skipper MA, Dip Surv, PCAT cert.
CPD certificates issued for each of the events.
Cost £85.00/ concession including students and volunteers £65.00
Please bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided.
Ffynnon Personal and Professional Development,
PO Box 2315,
Wrexham,
LL11 0GE
Website: www.ffynnonppd.co.uk
Email: info@ffynnonppd.co.uk
Telephone: 0560 3199080
Workshop with David Elias ‘Mindfulness for Therapists'
North Wales Border - Glyndwr University, Wrexham
20th February 2010
‘Mindfulness is a way of becoming more consciously aware of our experience moment to moment. In this workshop we will explore the relevance of this as a skill for therapists in their work and life.’
Mindfulness can be described as ‘cultivating present moment, non-judgemental awareness’. It is a quality central to Buddhism which, in the last 25 years, has been developed into a number of secular and pragmatic clinical approaches for both mental and physical health.
If therapists need to be continually aware of ‘what is going on’ at a process level within and between them and their clients, then mindfulness provides a practical and profound methodology for becoming more skilful at this. It offers us a way to hold the unfolding process in awareness whilst becoming increasingly ‘present’ in the therapeutic relationship. This increased awareness can also be helpful to the well being and self care of the therapist.
The intention of this workshop is to provide an experiential taste of the potential for mindfulness to enhance our ability to track our moment to moment experiencing in mind and body. There will also be some investigative dialogue, discussion and information sharing including consideration of how all this might apply to our work with clients. This workshop is suitable for people with no previous experience of mindfulness.
David Elias works as a psychotherapist and counsellor both in private practice and in the NHS. His orientation is generally humanistic, having trained in TA and the Person-Centred Approach as well as being influenced by mindfulness. He is a trainer with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practise at the University of Bangor and has taught on their Masters programme for the last 5 years. David teaches mindfulness in various group settings and one-to-one in his therapist/counsellor settings, including in the NHS. He has had a daily personal meditation practice for 19 years and is particularly interested in the overlap and integration of meditation and therapy.
David’s first career was in wildlife conservation and He is deeply committed to environmental issues including the use of mindfulness to raise awareness about the state of our planet. As David explains “All of these activities are integrated by my personal commitment 'see more clearly and act more kindly' throughout my life.”