A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook

CE Credit: 4 Hours (0.4 CEUs)
Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, OTs, MFTs
Learning Level: Introductory

Course Abstract:

This CE test is based on the book A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook (2010, 224 pages). The book provides a basic introduction to the practice of mindfulness meditation and includes interactive exercises and an audio CD with over 8 hours of guided meditations. The book also includes a description of the biology of stress, the mechanisms of action of mindfulness, research on mindfulness based stress reduction, and yoga exercises for stress. The workbook can be used for conducting mindfulness groups in educational, occupational, and healthcare settings. Course #40-28 | 2011 | 30 posttest questions | This is a test only course (book not included). The book can be purchased through Amazon or another source.

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About the Author(s):

Bob Stahl, PhD, directs Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs at Camino Medical Group in Sunnyvale, El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, and Santa Cruz Medical Foundation. He is a long time practitioner of mindfulness meditation, having practiced for over eight years in a Buddhist monastery. Bob has completed training with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a certified mindfulness-based stress reduction teacher having been certified by UMass Medical Center.

Elisha Goldstein, PhD, is in private practice in West Los Angeles and co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn (New Harbinger, February 2010). He synthesizes the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of mindfulness to achieve mental and emotional healing. He contends that we have the power to transform our traumas and habitual patterns that keep us stuck in perpetual stress, anxiety, depression, or addiction and step into greater freedom and peace. He offers practical strategies to calm our anxious minds, transform negative emotions and facilitate greater self acceptance, freedom and inner peace

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