NPI  2012 Spring Workshop

East Meets West:  Integrating

Mindfulness

and Psychotherapy

Shelly Sowell,M.Ed.,
NCC, LMHC

Saturday, May 5, 2012

8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

University School of Nashville

2000 Edgehill Ave.

Nashville, TN  37212

EARN 6 TYPE I

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

Co-sponsored by Vanderbilt School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and the Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health

Vanderbilt School of Medicine is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this educational activity for 6.0 credits toward continuing education for psychologists.

This workshop is appropriate for psychologists, professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, school counselors, and other professionals who provide services in the healing arts.

Shelly Sowell, M.Ed., NCC, LMHC (FL) counsels and creates from an integrated wellness approach that includes developmental, relational-cultural, and body-centered models of therapy and healing.  Shelly has worked as a counselor, educator, consultant and/or mindfulness instructor since 2004. She received her master’s degree from Vanderbilt University, where she went on to work as a psychotherapist. Shelly then moved to Miami, Florida, where she worked with The Institute of Child and Family Health, an agency that serves underprivileged populations in the greater Miami area, and later joined the Mind Spectrum Institute, a group psychotherapy and wellness practice.  In addition, she co-created a Mindful Living program, which involved teaching Mindfulness-Based Life Skills to students, training faculty in mindfulness and inner resilience practices, and creating programs for parents. Shelly’s work also extended to running mindfulness therapy groups for residents at an intensive residential treatment program for girls and women with eating disorders. 

In 2010, Shelly moved to the Los Angeles, California area where she has a wellness practice and creates mindful wellness programming for local schools and community agencies.  Shelly has been on the teaching staff at Peace 4 Kids, an organization that provides services for foster and at-risk youth from South Los Angeles neighborhoods.  Currently, she is working with the Inner Kids Program, which provides mindfulness training for educators and clinicians.  She is passionate about helping people bring deeper awareness and balance to their lives, in order to create more meaningful and inspired living.  Shelly holds a License in Mental Health Counseling in the state of Florida and is a National Certified Counselor.  For more information, please visit www.shellysowell.com.


In this one-day workshop Shelly Sowell will explore the emerging field of mindfulness and its potential use in individual and group psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults.  Shelly will present on traditional disciplines of mindfulness as well as modern variations based on the fields of medicine, neuroscience, psychology, and education.  The workshop will examine the benefits of mindfulness practice and how it changes the brain in a culture of technology, the ethics of using mindfulness, and the relationship of mindfulness work to interpersonal neurobiology. Shelly will also present the professional benefits of practicing personal mindfulness as a psychotherapist.  Finally, the workshop will include a comprehensive look at life span development models and how mindfulness work can help facilitate developmental growth.  Through lecture, audio/visual, experiential, and case example work, participants will receive practical tools for integrating mindfulness into their personal and professional practice.

Workshop Learning Objectives
            At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:

Explain the connection between traditional disciplines of mindfulness and modern variations based on the fields of medicine, neuroscience, psychology, and education;
Discern between mindfulness practices and relaxation techniques;
Choose a mindfulness practice that is developmentally appropriate for a client and responsive to the client’s individual needs, goals, and diagnosis.
Practice basic mindfulness techniques and teach them to clients
Explain how personal mindfulness practice can aid in a clinician’s ability to develop rapport and attune to a client’s needs.


Agenda
8:30-9:00      Breakfast and Registration
9:00-12:00    Morning Session
12:00-1:00    Lunch (included in registration cost)
1:00-4:00      Afternoon Session
4:00              Workshop Evaluations

Parking is available in the 21st Ave garage

NPI Scholarships will be available.   To apply Click HERE
Deadline to apply for scholarships is April 14th.

On or Before April 14th:
NPI Members: $125
Non-Members: $150
Students: $50
Non-profit Agency: $75

After April 14th:
NPI Members: $150
Non-Members: $175
Students: $75
Non-profit Agency: $100

Refunds: Full refund available if requested more than 8 days prior to the start of the workshop. After that, refunds will require a $25 handling fee. No refunds on the day of the event.

 

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