Mindfulness: A Tool for Resilience, Strategy and Stamina Created for Providers and Parents

Training Description

Mindfulness builds fortitude and strength in community work for activists, therapists, social workers. Being mindful increases our ability to recover from stress, avoid being reactionary, and ultimately be more present and productive in service of your clients and team. In this workshop we will discover expanded ways of practicing mindfulness on and off the job through breathing, movement, and supportive word phrases you will create for yourself. Clinicians are earning tools for resilience, selfcare and stamina to work with traumatized youth in various settings.

Learning Objectives

• Raised familiarity of body tones/responses to any situation • Go to tactics for responding to stress and trauma • Tools attained for grounding vs freezing or reacting in any moment • Supports ending or shifting unwanted cycles in communication

Agenda

9:45 Sign In

10:00 - 10:15 Introductions, Review goals, Create agreements, first “who’s in the room” game

10:15 - 10:30 Introduction to Mindfulness various breath practices

10:30 - 11:00 Presentation + Small group shares

11:00 - 11:30 Presentation + Large group exercise

11:30 - 11:50 Mindful movement (Introductions and explorations into supportive body awareness and movement)

11:50 - 12:00 Evaluation; Closing

12:00  ADJOURNMENT

This course meets the qualifications for (2) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.

Location: Fred Finch Youth Center - Training Center | 3800 Coolidge Ave. Oakland, CA 94602 

**Please note that we provide trainings to Alameda County providers, so providers from other counties may be put on a waitlist until there are enough Alameda County participants.**