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Dr Bruno CayounDirector | Trainer | ResearcherDr Bruno Cayoun is a clinical and research psychologist and developer of Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (MiCBT). He is the founder and Director of the MiCBT Institute, a leading provider of MiCBT training and professional development to mental health services and professional associations internationally since 2003.
Bruno keeps a private practice in Hobart, Australia, undertakes mindfulness research at the MiCBT Institute, and regularly cooperates on mindfulness-based research with various universities in Australia and abroad. He has a strong interest in Buddhist psychology and has practised mindfulness meditation in the Burmese Vipassana tradition of Ledi Sayadaw, U Ba Khin and S. N. Goenka and undergone intensive training in France, Nepal, India, and Australia since 1989.
Bruno is the author of several books, including Mindfulness-integrated CBT: Principles and Practice (Wiley, 2011), Mindfulness-integrated CBT for Well-Being and Personal Growth: Four Steps to Enhance Inner Calm, Self-Confidence and Relationships (Wiley, 2015), co-author of The Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness‐integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Wiley, 2019) and The Mindfulness and Meditation Workbook for Anxiety and Depression (New Harbinger, 2024). His mindfulness training audio instructions are used worldwide in various languages, and he is the principal developer of validated questionnaires, including the Short Progress Assessment , the Mindfulness-based Self Efficacy Scale, and co-developer of the Equanimity Scale 16.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, up to 75% of adults experience at least one traumatic event at some point in their life, and about 20% of people who experience a traumatic event develop PTSD. International studies estimate that 62 to 68% of young people will have been exposed to at least one traumatic event by age 17. The current lifetime prevalence of PTSD in the Australian population is about 12% (15.8% of women and 8.6% of men). Yet, PTSD is largely underdiagnosed, with only 1.7% of women and 1.3% of men reporting that they had been told by a doctor, nurse, or health professional that they have PTSD (ABS 2019). These statistics are similar in North America. This means that many of your clients have not yet been identified as suffering from trauma.
Since people who use mindfulness meditation are prone to recover some memories of trauma, although it is a significant advantage for healing, clinicians using MiCBT must be confident and skilful at recognising and addressing these symptoms. This masterclass will provide a deeper understanding of what maintains trauma symptoms, based on memory research, co-emergence reinforcement principles, and the neuroscience of mindfulness. This masterclass will also provide instructions for trauma-related exposure to assist in desensitisation and the prevention of avoidance. It will include guidance on how to case-conceptualise clients’ avoidance and other aversive reactions to traumatic symptoms, according to the co-emergence model of reinforcement, to increase the accuracy of treatment. This masterclass is a must for therapists using MiCBT regularly.
You will learn:
- How trauma memories are formed and maintained over time
- How to use the co-emergence model of reinforcement to improve the behavioural case-conceptualisation of clients with trauma
- The nature of mindfulness-based exposure and its effects
- How to use the mindfulness-based interoceptive exposure task (MIET) as a distress reduction method
- How to use the MIET to decrease avoidance of panic symptoms and avoidance