Mindfulness for Everyone: Applications and Adaptations of Mindfulness Practices for Clinical Practice and Overall Wellness | NASW-NYS Continuing Education
Presenter(s): Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI
NASW-NYS Members: $60
NASW Other Chapter Members: $120
Non-Members: $150
This workshop is approved for 6.0 continuing education credit hour(s) for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed psychologists.
Workshop Description
Mindfulness practices are generally accepted by clinicians and clients, with robust empirical evidence to support their efficacy. Learning and teaching these skills provides empowerment to clients as they learn to manage their stress and pain; and also helps prevent burnout for clinicians.
This workshop will build on a previous introductory workshop by reviewing:
- How to introduce mindfulness to clients
- Incorporating self-compassion skills
- Adapting the language and skills for the population including those with physical and cognitive differences
- Trauma informed mindfulness
- Culturally appropriate practices
- Teaching in individual sessions as well as groups
- Working with client or administrative resistance
- Teaching mindfulness in institutional settings including hospitals, schools, prisons
- Mindfulness practices for single sessions
- How clinicians can use mindfulness to cope with overwhelming workloads and challenging clients
- Teaching colleagues
Participants will have an opportunity to learn mindfulness practices for their populations and settings, brainstorming and role-playing scenarios. This workshop will provide an introduction to teachable mindfulness skills for those who are new to these practices, as well as an opportunity to broaden and deepen skills for those with experience.
Learning Objectives
After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Conduct a guided breath and 3 minute body awareness exercise
- Create a self compassion practice for themselves and their clients
- Determine appropriate adaptations of mindfulness practices for individual populations and settings
This workshop is approved for 6.0 continuing education credit hour(s).
NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).
Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI, is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master’s in Social Work, Public Health and yoga certification. Since 1994, she has taught MBSR to a wide variety of populations including frail elders and caregivers, college students, persons with HIV, those recently released from incarceration, and health care professionals, as well as courses for the general population. Lucia is currently a freelance author, teacher and consultant. She teaches and speaks nationally and internationally and has published in numerous journals and edited books on mindfulness. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work. Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: A CAM Model for Frail Elders and Their Caregivers, her book describing her work with elders and caregivers, was published in 2008.
