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MBSRMindfulness-Based Stress ReductionDiploma Course

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Diploma Course has been created to give those who suffer from stress, whether constantly or occasionally, the tools to combat negative thoughts and turn the mind into a weapon of positivity that will help you to reclaim your life.

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Course overview:

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10 Modules

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What Will You Learn?

The MBSR course does this through giving you both the knowledge of how and why certain techniques work along with how to do them and incorporate them easily into your daily routine.

We all suffer from stress and anxiety at times in our lives. For some, this is a fleeting condition that comes and goes with particular life events for others it is a daily struggle whose affects can be debilitating and hard to overcome; building up until even usually insignificant things can seem impossible to get through. No matter how often you feel the affects of stress and how powerfully, stress is a state of mind, which, left unchecked, can quickly turn into a physical condition.

The course gives students an in-depth look into what Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is. This includes information on its origins and the practice of mindfulness, deep breathing, and meditation and their affects on the mind and body. Students are invited to practice mindfulness following exercises.

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course covers mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and meditation; explaining what they are, the differences between them (and how phrases like ‘mindfulness meditation’ can be confusing), and the benefits to your mind and body of practising each.

Stress and anxiety create a negative chemical change in your brain, in a similar, but opposite, way practising mediation and being mindful can also create a positive chemical change. Students will learn exactly what these changes are, and will be introduced to more techniques that will help them to cultivate the habits of meditation and mindfulness.

For chronic sufferers of stress, the reaction to negative triggers can have damaging affects on the body and mind. The MBSR Course discusses these effects and, conversely, the positive effects of a mindful practice, along with imparting practical techniques that can be employed the moment the feeling of stress comes on.

Students are provided with practical, illustrated yoga techniques that they can practice themselves and combine with mediation techniques, to more affectively de-stress both the mind and the body. Stress can easily manifest itself as a result of miscommunication with the people in your life or because an individual finds it difficult to communication certain things.You will learn how to become a better at communicating so that conflicts can be rectified before they can become lasting problems.

As mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is at the core of this course, students will be guided through the structure of an 8-week programme in MBCT. This imparts not only a theoretical knowledge but a practical one also.

Knowing that there are so many people who have been where you’ve been and want to be, where you are now can inspire you to want to help others. With this in mind this course guides students through setting up their own MBSR practice, should they wish to impart their newly-found knowledge and make it an even bigger part of their lives.

The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Diploma Course is something that can benefit everyone, though the focus is on those who suffer from stress, anxiety and/or depression, and want to be able to help themselves in a way that is lasting, sustainable, and holistic/medicine-free.

The course will also be beneficial to those who know someone who is going through the aforementioned conditions and may wish to study with them, as a support to them. Likewise, the course proves as an excellent study source for those in caring professions and those who wish to use what they have learned to help in their careers.

Introduction
Part 1: Mindfulness Defined
Part 2: Founder of Mindfulness
Part 3: Mindfulness and Deep Breathing
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Part 1: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Part 2: Meditation - A Two-Step Process
Part 3: Mindfulness Versus Meditation
Part 4: What Does it Mean to be Mindful?
Part 5: Coffee or Tea Ceremony Mindfulness Exercise
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Part 1: Mindfulness and the Brain
Part 2: How the Brain Processes Stress and Anxiety
Part 3: Mindful Eating
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Part 1: Autonomic /Parasympathetic Nervous System
Part 2: Diaphragmatic Breathing - The Healing Power of Breathing
Part 3: Systematic Relaxation
Part 4: Coping with Stress, Responding Versus Reacting
Part 5: The Devastating Effects of Stress
Part 6: Mindfulness at Google and Other Companies
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Part 1: What is Mindful Movement?
Part 2: Mindful Yoga Exercises
Part 3: Alternate Yoga Sequence
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Part 1: The Process of Communication
Part 2: Conflict Resolution
Part 3: A Language of Compassion
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Part 1: Mindfulness and Chronic Pain
Part 2: Releasing the Pain Visualisation Exercise
Part 3: Choosing to Live Well with Pain and Illness
Part 4: 22 Ways to Reduce Stress During the Workday
Part 5: All About Laughter
Part 6: The Balanced Wheel of Life Exercise
Part 7: How to Use Laughter in Your Everyday Life
Part 8: Mindfulness Meditation
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Part 1: What is MBCT?
Part 2: Outline of an Eight-Week Program
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Part 1: Converting Worrying to Mindfulness
Part 2: Loving Kindness Meditation
Part 3: Set Aside Time for a Mindfulness Break
Part 4: Leaving the Stress Behind for the Day
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Part 1: Setting Up In Practice
Part 2: Consent Forms
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace. This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

Many Centre of Excellence courses are Fully Accredited by the world’s leading professional membership association for natural medicine – The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA).

You can apply to join The CMA as a Student Member while you are still studying, and if you do so, you will be eligible to use the post-nominal letters CMA after your name.

Upon graduation from a qualifying course, you will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership, and this will give you numerous professional benefits, including being able to use the letters MCMA after your name – Member of The Complementary Medical Association. This will demonstrate your commitment to excellence and professionalism in the natural healthcare field.

Register with The CMA as a Student or fully qualified Practitioner via the CMA website. You will be asked to submit your certificate of graduation and proof of insurance.

The CMA’s recommended insurers are Westminster global.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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