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Mindfulness and Self-Care for Helping Professionals in Uncertain Times

Mindfulness and Self-Care
for Helping Professionals in Uncertain Times

When times are in crisis, helping professionals need a self-care practice more than ever. We learn about the benefits of mindfulness in brief trainings and workshops, but the ongoing practice is always a challenge.

 

 

 

ALL SESSIONS ARE NOW FULL. Safeguards Training is providing this session free-of-charge to support staff during this stressful time. 

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SafeGuards Training is providing this session free-of-charge in support of staff during this stressful time.  ALL SESSIONS ARE NOW FULL.

In this two session webinar training, participants will be supported to engage in a daily mindfulness practice as we move through these unprecedented days of uncertainty with community support. There will be facilitated online Discussion Board between sessions to help reduce isolation and stress of working with vulnerable people.

Week 1: Engaging Mindfulness Practices in Uncertain Times

The goal of week 1 is to introduce/re-engage front line workers to the importance of a regular mindfulness practice.

Participants will learn the following:

  • Introduction/review of mindfulness practices for self-care
  • Myths of mindfulness practice
  • RAIN practice
  • Strategies to establish a weekly mindfulness practice over the new week.
  • Guided meditations to try

 Week 2: Building our Emotional Resilience on the Frontlines

 Week 2 builds on week 1 after participants have had a chance to (re)engage with a mindfulness practice while helping the clients they serve and manage their own stress.

Participants will learn the following:

  • Challenges of establishing a regular practice and how to address them
  • Resilience model of emotion regulation and how to teach to clients.
  • Self- compassion practices and when to use them.
  • Helping clients build resources in daily life even when times are tough.

Course Format

  1. Live Webinars (Zoom)
    This course is delivered exclusively online as 2 interactive webinars spaced over two weeks.
  2. Online learning platform (Thinkific LMS)
    Participants will have access to online learning modules to supplement live sessions as well as:
    • Activities and discussion forum for a week after each webinar
    • Downloadable resources and handouts
    • Access replay of session recordings

Price

ALL SESSIONS ARE NOW FULL.

Course Dates & Location

Live Webinars:  April 9th and 16th 2020  @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST (FULL)

April 23rd and 30th 2020  @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST (FULL)

 

Instructor

Rachael Frankford

Rachael Frankford, is a clinical social worker in private practice and has 15 years experience working in a hospital setting in the field of mental health where she specialized in leading mindfulness based and cognitive therapy groups . She specializes in mindfulness and body oriented approaches to mental health and teaches workshops on skills for emotion regulation for health care providers, educators, and helping professionals. In 2013 Rachael was awarded a Bell Mental Health grant to create the Mindful Awareness Stabilization Training (MAST) and has been invited to speak on mindfulness and mental health in a variety of settings including universities, schools, corporate workplaces and parent groups.

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