Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. MBSR/ MBCT in Hertfordshire

09/02/2020

🔸Take care of yourself! Scientifically proven course to develop emotional resilience and intelligence, to reduce stress, anxiety and depression!
🔸Starts Thursday 27th February 8-week evening Mindfulness course in Stevenage
🔸See website https://www.mindful-therapy.uk/about-mindfulness-mbct-and-mbsr/ for details of course, trainer & fees.

09/02/2020

🔸8-week Mindfulness course in Stevenage on Thursday evenings from February 27th onwards
🔸Learn to apply latest Cognitive Science and Mindfulness evidence Based skills to reduce Stress
🔸This is a NICE (NHS) recommended treatment for Depression
🔸See website https://www.mindful-therapy.uk/about-mindfulness-mbct-and-mbsr/ for details of course, trainer & fees

02/01/2020

We end up living life less completely when we try to avoid hurt. New MBCT course- cognitive science meets mindfulness- teaches us to live more and reduce stress, reduce low moods, reduce irritability etc

15/11/2019

Many people start my mindfulness courses with the assumption that meditation is about 'going inside' or 'relaxation'. It's actually about increasing our awareness of being in the world

It may take some practice to become comfortable having your eyes open in this way, especially if you are used to meditating with them closed. But it is strongly recommended that you persevere.

02/11/2019

FYI
Someone recently asked me what happens on an MBCT course. Here was my answer:

"To be honest it's quite difficult to describe what the course is 'really' about because it is about changing the way that we relate to difficulties and I am unable to tell you about what that 'change' is. I can only SHOW you what this 'change' is through the journey of the course.

This 'change' is not about 'relaxation' though that is often a side effect. Many people teach mindfulness as a form of relaxation and they are 'doing it wrong' ☹️

This 8 week course entails us meeting weekly for 135 minute groups. There is also a whole day of practicing mindfulness towards the end of the course.

From the beginning, we receive mp3s or CDs and start doing daily 40 minute exercises at home that involve us working with our relationship with our body using MP3 recordings or the CDs daily. After this, towards the second half of the course, we do exercises that work more with emotions and thoughts.
During the group when we do these exercises, my job is to facilitate us noticing how we get 'entangled' up between these different aspects of experience; eg body sensations, feelings (& emotions), perceptions and thoughts and how this can make matters worst.
I also include exercises from cognitive science (cognitive therapy) and we, as a group, gradually learn to integrate this learning into our daily lives."

31/07/2019

8 week course on Zoom on Tuesday mornings, 10:30am-12:45pm - from 3rd August onwards- Learn to apply latest Cognitive Science and Mindfulness evidence Based skills to reduce Stress and prevent/reduce recurrence of depression symptoms. This is a NICE (NHS) recommended prophylactic treatment for Recurrent Depression

29/04/2019

New 8 week evidence based course starting in WGC end of May, Friday daytimes. Book now

28/04/2019

Learning mindfulness IS NOT learning to focus on the breath or whatever. It is learning to cultivate a space around difficulties in our bodies (pain and feelings) and in our life with others. This learning can be acquired in 8 weeks in WGC with daily practice and dialogue/exploration with a qualified teacher

22/01/2019

Everyone has unpleasant emotions and feelings! We know that some people 'give themselves a hard time' when this happens and, consequently this can lead to low mood, withdrawal and depression. You can Re-Train your mind to learn to cope better with difficulties using this 8 week 2 hour session Evidence Based Course. Recommended by NICE and NHS to prevent recurrent depression! Cognitive science meets Eastern wisdom. Starts in WGC February 8th on Fridays 12:30 till 2:45pm!

Mindfulness is as much a training in self compassion as it is in awareness. You see everyone has unpleasant emotions and feelings and we know that some people 'give themselves a hard time' when this happens. Consequently this can lead to low mood and depression. You can Re-Train your mind to learn to cope better with difficulties using this 8 week 2 hour session Evidence Based Course. Recomended by NICE and NHS to prevent recurrent depression! Cognitive science meets Eastern wisdom. Starts in WGC February 8th on Fridays 12:30 till 2:45pm!

20/01/2019

Sometimes a standard CBT treatment approach to overcome Depression overlooks our modern inability to stop or just Be. Yes, more activity can 'raise our mood' but without an understanding of the vicious cycle of activity this just becomes 'a flight without end'. Learn the 'art of Being'...

17/07/2018

Clinical Perfectionism will lead you to be always thinking 'that's not quite good enough'. In my CBT work with this trait we get people to learn to feel and think'that's good enough' but it doesn't always 'sink in'. I agree with the commentator in this article: the cure is really 'self acceptance' and I have noticed that an 8 week MBCT (Mindfulness cognitive course ) is the best way to learn that!

The pursuit of perfection, taken to extremes, can lead to OCD and depression – and the number of students reporting the problem has jumped by 33% since 1989