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 HETI grant with ISLHD Allied Health Services and Western Sydney LHD for an 8-week online training in Mindfulness Integrated CBT developed by Clinical Psychologist, Bruno …
NSW Health & UTS MiCBT Training for Psychologists Read More »
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, in certain circumstances, meditation practice can exacerbate mental illness. In this workshop, you can learn how to: Recognise when students or clients present with a …
Authors: Reece De Zylva, Elissa Mortimer, Emma Miller, George Tsourtos, Sharon Lawn, Carlene Wilson, Jonathan Karnon, Richard Woodman and Paul Ward
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 | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher
Authors: Jill Cheever, Bruno A. Cayoun, Bradley Elphinstone & Alice G. Shires
Authors: Bruno A. Cayoun, Bradley Elphinstone & Alice G. Shires
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 their derived clinical packages show a noticeable lack of differentiation between mindfulness, awareness and attention. This has consequences for what is being taught to clinicians, …
Why Meditate? The Differential Roles of Attention, Awareness and Mindfulness Read More »
Authors: Sarah E.B. Francis · Frances Shawyer · Bruno Cayoun · Joanne Enticott· Graham N. Meadows
Misunderstanding the techniques of mindfulness in the early stages often leads to some agitation and the desire to distract ourselves, misinterpret the experience, become agitated and ultimately stop practising. Agitation can occur and be stimulated in many ways. For example, we can feel irritable because of external background noise, intrusive thoughts, uncomfortable room temperature, thinking …
Even after a good night sleep people can sometimes feel drowsy when practising mindfulness. Sometimes this is simply because you are deeply relaxed after some stress. As our nervous system is not used to our eyes being closed whilst deeply relaxed, unless we are asleep, our brain acts as if it is time to sleep. …
