MiCBT Institute Newsletter: Vol 2. August 2010
By The MiCBT Institute
August 2, 2010

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I hope you will find this newsletter and the related peer-reviewed article informative and interesting (see below to download).
I use this opportunity to welcome warmly all the new Institute members!

Kind regards
Bruno Cayoun
Director

MTRIG Meeting 4 August 2010

Interest group meetings in Southern Tasmania are held at the MiCBT Institute building and start with a short mindfulness meditation practice.


 For full details of meeting, click here

 
Date: Wednesday 04/08/10
Time: 6:00 to 7:30pm
Place: MiCBT Institute Building (Top floor) 277 Macquarie St, Hobart, TAS, Australia

Article for Discussion: (Thanks to Alice Shires for providing this reference):
"Training Teachers to Deliver Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Learning from the UK Experience" (click to download) By Rebecca S. Crane, Willem Kuyken, Richard P. Hastings, Neil Rothwell  & J. Mark G. Williams
Published in April 2010 in peer reviewed journal: Mindfulness, 1, 74-86.

Comment by B. A. Cayoun

In this article, the authors set out criteria for mindfulness teacher competence and training steps, as well as some of the challenges and future directions that can be anticipated in ensuring that evidence based mindfulness approaches are available in health care and other settings. The authors put forward four important skills and attributes that reflect efficient mindfulness teachers. Interestingly, these reflect the main principles and processes that form the basis for the new nationally accredited Vocational Graduate Diploma course in MiCBT, which will soon be offered by the MiCBT Institute.
This article is very interesting because it shows that whether one is a training provider in the UK working with MBCT or in Australia working with MiCBT, the observations are similar and the same principles that guide mindfulness-based therapy professional courses can be universally applied despite their difference of content. A must read for all mindfulness-based therapy professionals.

 Next Meeting 6 October 2010

NEWS

Vocational Graduate Diploma in MiCBT

With the specialised experience of Psychologist Sally Francis in setting and assessing professional education programs, and in consultation with Psychologists Alice Shires and Bruno Cayoun, the MiCBT Institute will soon be able to offer the Vocational Graduate Diploma in MiCBT! The course duration may vary between one and two years, depending of applicants' initial experience and competencies. We are planning to offer e-learning opportunities for some of the course requirements in the hope to facilitate long-distance learning.

 

MiCBT Courses in Brisbane and Hobart

The 8-week applied MiCBT course has just commenced in Brisbane. All participants are mental health professionals dedicated to learn and apply MiCBT in their work.

The Hobart course will begin in September and all places have been filled for several weeks. We are unfortunately unable to provide applied training in Tasmania until next at the earliest. However, the Graduate Diploma course will be an option which clinicians will be able to consider undertaking sooner.

 

Reminder: MiCBT Research Needing your Participation

Marise Fallon's Master Thesis, at the University of Tasmania, will investigate 3 important aspects of mindfulness training; mindfulness of breath (MOB), body scanning (BS) and informal practice (IP) of mindfulness in daily actions. An important and yet unanswered question is the differential benefits that each of these techniques produce. The study promises to help clarify what best mechanisms of action should be emphasised during training. Marise will need all the mindfulness meditation-naive participants she can get and your help in attending or referring someone will be greatly valued. The study will involve free attendance to an 8-week mindfulness course, as delivered in the standard MiCBT program, but excluding the CBT techniques usually integrated with Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Contact: mlfallon@postoffice.utas.edu.au

 

Reminder: MiCBT Users Groups

Following the completion of the 8-week MiCBT course in Melbourne, Dr Andrew Kinsella started a Yahoo MiCBT Users Group -http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MiCBTusers/
All MiCBT-trained practitioners can join in for discussions and exchange information and documents. You are encouraged to use it as much as you need.
Please email the moderator and he will reply with an invitation to join in: andrewk1901@gmail.com

 

MiCBT Groups for Clients

If you are interested in having a client group conducted in your service, either as a pilot trial or as part of your clinical program and/or professional training program, please contact: admin@mindfulness.net.au.

 It may be possible for a MiCBT-accredited clinician in your area to conduct such a group.

 

Enough! A buddhist approach to finding relief from addictive patterns

 This book by Chönyi Taylor is a hands on guide to help put an end to the patterns that sabotage the potential for a true and satisfying happiness. All of us are caught up in addictions-big or small. Enough! presents a practical path that releases us from the grip of negative habits and addictions that block a full and meaningful life. With the right techniques we can disarm these habits and learn more effective ways for dealing with the pain that so often underlies our problem-causing behaviors. Chönyi Taylor fuses the teachings of Buddhism with Western psychology in an effective series of practical exercises that were developed in her workshops. Enough! is intended for anyone who is looking for a powerful and effective way out of addiction, regardless of religious or secular background, and is suitable for self-study or as part of a guided program.

Chönyi Taylor [Dr. Diana Taylor], BSc, MEd, PhD, MAPS, was ordained as a Buddhist nun by the Dalai Lama in 1995. Active in the worlds of both Buddhism and Western psychology, she teaches Buddhism from simple to advanced levels, participates in interfaith conferences and workshops for psychologists and health professionals, and has an ongoing column in Mandala magazine.

"Chönyi Taylor has given us a thorough, detailed, and systematic approach to dealing with addictions and the negative emotions that fuel them. Enough! is a significant contribution to the integration of Buddhism into Western psychology and psychotherapy." -Ron Leifer, M.D.

 "The Buddha's eight-step enlightenment program has a lot to say about freeing us from overwhelming attachments and other habitual patterns, and Chönyi Taylor has the experience and know-how to communicate this well. Her accessible and savvy hands-on guide is profound in applying spiritual principles of awareness cultivation for reconditioning the heart and mind through a skillful combination of practical psycho-spiritual exercises and insightful introspection. I heartily recommend this to all those struggling to become healthier and happier, more balanced, sane and liberated." -Lama Surya Das, author of Letting Go of the Person

Click here for more information

 

Free Mindfulness Meditation Group

 A weekly practice group is taking place every on Thursday in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia), at the Newdegate Street Health Centre, from 6:15 to 7:00pm (last room, top floor). The address is: 107 Newdegate Street, but we use the Mellifont Street (side) entrance. Attendees arrive from 6:00pm. It is free (courtesy of Dr Janeil Hall) and all are welcome to attend. Although brief practice instructions are given at the start of practice, note that this is not a therapy group or teaching group and everyone attending is assumed to have had some prior training or exposure to mindfulness meditation. Therapists who implement a mindfulness-based therapy are particularly encouraged to attend these weekly practice groups to keep in touch with their own practice skills and feel supported.

 

Snapshot - Lyn Roubos

Lyn Roubos,Consultant Psychologist, Private Practice & Sexual Health, Cairns, North QLD

When Bruno asked me to write something for this edition, in January this year, I agreed willingly, as it seemed months away. When he reminded me by e-mail this past week that he needed my snapshot by this weekend, I find myself challenged by what to write...READ MORE>>

 
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