October 9 Donald Altman, MA, LPC Webinar

Mindfulness: The Best Brief Mindfulness for Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Stress

More than ever there is a need for brief interventions that are targeted and effective. One Session Mindfulness changes the narrative about mindfulness interventions requiring long periods of practice. In 2018, international mindfulness expert and award-winning author Donald Altman, MA, LPC, designed a brief mindfulness program that was clinically shown to reduce stress and lower blood pressure in a group of priests with vulnerable heart conditions—and which required only 9-minutes of practice a day.

In this unique course, you’ll learn how to apply the best brief, one-session mindfulness interventions that target specific issues and are easy for clients to learn and apply in daily life. In this workshop, you’ll learn several adaptations that “take mindfulness out of the box.” Through engaging your client’s awareness and selective attention, you will quickly alter your client’s fundamental relationship with stress, anxiety, depression, pain and isolation. Whoever you work with, from millennials to boomers, you’ll leave this workshop with a host of effective one-session mindfulness tools, including:

A detailed explanation of the stress arousal system and how to use an effective physical grounding intervention for calm and emotional regulation.
The 5 Breathing Postures that activate the parasympathetic nervous system and help quiet down the alert and stress area of the brain.
Using gratitude as a depression intervention, as well as learning the 4 psychological reasons why gratitude is good.
A portable grounding method called the G.L.A.D. Technique–that demonstrates how to shift awareness away from anxiety and rumination and toward pleasantness.
An evidence-based method for reducing perception of pain by up to 40 percent, and can help patients experiencing chronic pain.
Using a mental affirmation and security priming practice to induce greater feelings of safety, trust, and security in oneself and when around others. These affirmations have been found useful for anyone, even those in the military and law enforcement.

Best of all, you and your clients don’t need any prior training in mindfulness to teach and use the brief interventions in One Session Mindfulness. To make it easy, Donald Altman includes detailed, guided scripts from his best-selling book, The Mindfulness Toolbox, so you can get started using these practical and effective tools right away.

Join international expert, award-winning mindfulness author of over 15 books on mindfulness and spirituality, and former monk.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the effects of stress and cortisol, and how diaphragmatic breathing turns on the parasympathetic nervous system.
2. Discuss and demonstrate stress-reducing transition skills through physical grounding and movement.
3. Discuss and demonstrate attachment affirmations and methods for developing self-compassion and Feelings of Safety.

Saturday, October 9, 2021

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

CE HOURS

3.0

$65.00

Donald Altman, M.A. LPC

Donald Altman, M.A., LPC is a psychotherapist, former monk, and and award-winning author of over 15 books on mindfulness and spirituality. An international speaker and trainer, he has trained over 10,000 mental health clinicians, nurses, doctors and others how to use mindfulness interventions for depression, anxiety, trauma, pain and stress-related conditions.

Schedule

Saturday, October 9

10:00 am - 1:15 pm ET

Mindfulness: The Best Brief Mindfulness for Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Stress

Content Level
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