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MiCBT International Summit 2023
Saturday 2 December 10am – 1:30pm Australia/Sydney Online Free! We’re excited to announce that the MiCBT Institute is organising a summit to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mindfulness-integrated CBT (MiCBT)

MiCBT Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
The experience of a mindfulness meditation retreat for therapists Recently, a 7-day mindfulness meditation retreat exclusively for MiCBT therapists was held on beautiful Vancouver Island and led by Dr Bruno

MiCBT workshop with UCSD Centre for Mindfulness
Join clinicians from around the world in this unique opportunity to learn more about MiCBT and to explore whether training in this empirically validated intervention would benefit both your personal

1-day Online Meditation Retreat
12 May | 8am – 5pm | Online The MiCBT Interest and Research Group has been holding one-day online retreats since the lockdowns.These are peer-led retreats to deepen our practice.We

Just a few places remaining…
Early bird discount ending soon!Join us for a 12-week MiCBT Foundation Course with Dr. Cayoun, specially designed for mental health therapists to learn how to successfully integrate mindfulness and CBT,

Applications of Mindfulness through a Therapeutic Lens
From the Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists **FIRST EVENT FOR 2023 – SATURDAY 29 APRIL** Please join us for this interactive workshop from 9:30am – midday. For more

MiCBT Resources for Iranian Therapists
Congratulations to Fateh Sohrabi on the translation and publication of both the ‘MiCBT for Well-Being and Personal Growth’ and ‘The Clinical Handbook of MiCBT!’ This comprehensive and faithful translation will

NSW Health & UTS MiCBT Training for Psychologists
NSW health department Principal Clinical Psychologists Pip Bowden and Shehzi Yusaf have collaborated with Dr Alice Shires from UTS and have been successful in gaining a Cross Boundary Allied Health

Mental Health First Aid for Meditation Teachers
Courtesy of Meditation Association Australia Many people turn to meditation when they’re in crisis. One in five Australians will experience a mental illness at some time in their lives and,

Dr Alice Shires on Mindfulness Training on Anger, Grief, and Chronic Pain
In this episode of Better Thinking, Nesh Nikolic speaks with Dr Alice Shires about the possible effects of mindfulness training on anger, grief, and chronic pain. Listen on Apple Podcasts

Pain Coping Study
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is evaluating a psychological exercise for coping with chronic pain and are looking for volunteers to test the brief approach. What will the study involve?

Why Meditate? The Differential Roles of Attention, Awareness and Mindfulness
By Bruno A. Cayoun, DPsych, MiCBT Institute, Hobart Australia. Over the past two decades, much has been said about the nature, mechanisms and roles of mindfulness. Yet some conceptualizations and