About the Course
It is difficult for one word to translate an experience as powerful as mindfulness ,to potentially help you become more focused, aware and in control of your thoughts, emotions and behaviour. The seminar will introduce you to practical exercises that will let you experience the power of being mindful first-hand. Subclinical anxiety refers to symptoms of anxiety which do not meet Anxiety diagnostic criteria.
People with Subclinical anxiety sit in between a spectrum of non-debilitation to debilitation potentially affecting many aspects of their quality of life. People with sub clinical anxiety who do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis for anxiety, may also experience some debilitation which may be beyond proportion to a specific situation and subjective to an appraisal, or general feelings of uncomfortable without a diagnosis.
Subclinical anxiety and performance anxiety in the context of this seminar is considered a construct for people who are not given a clinical diagnosis of anxiety or any related disorder. People who do not meet the criteria for an Anxiety diagnosis, though do experience levels of debilitation which may be related to a underperforming at a sporting event, or a sporting situation such as taking a penalty, golf put, tennis serve. In business delivering a presentation, an interview, academic situations such as exams, or a general day to day life feeling of overwhelm and unease, effecting productivity, general wellbeing and assertiveness
Who is It For:
- Psychologists
- Undergraduates
- Therapists
- Coaches
- Teachers
- Fitness Professionals
- Health Professionals
Aims
- Definition of mindfulness
- History of mindfulness
- Benefits of mindfulness
- Kabat-Zinn’s 7 attitudinal foundations of mindfulness
- How to prepare for your first mindfulness session
- Your first exercise: Breathing mindfully
- Measurement of mindfulness
- Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire
- Mind-body problem
- Dualism and monism
- Relevance of the mind-body relationship in mindfulness
- Mindfulness and a holistic mind-body approach
- Adapting Mindfulness for managing sub-clinical anxiety
- Define sub clinical anxiety
- The difference between fear and anxiety
- 2 main routes of processing threatening stimuli effects on body
- Attention bias is associated with anxiety
- Common stressful situations
- Breathing exercise
- Experiential exercise
Objectives
Demonstrate an understanding of the history of mindfulness
Be able to facilitate a breathing mindfulness session
An awareness of e seven attitudes required to achieve mindfulness that
you think you may have the most difficulty with and describe how you may overcome the challenge with each.
Demonstrate an understanding of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire be used to guide your mindfulness facilitation
Demonstrate awareness of how to adapt Mindfulness for managing and alleviating subclinical anxiety
Understand the scientific underpinnings of mindfulness as a discipline, its historical and
contemporary developments and limitations as well as socio-cultural differences,
Be able to explain the relevance of the mind-body relationship in
mindfulness
By completing the workshop learners will develop theoretical knowledge
