{"id":561,"date":"2014-03-29T21:06:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T21:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/?p=561"},"modified":"2014-07-02T04:19:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T04:19:09","slug":"mindfulness-group-in-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/?p=561","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness Group in August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the large interest in the mindfulness group that I\u2019m running, I\u2019ll be running another group in August 2014. The dates for the group are: <strong>2<strong>\/<\/strong><\/strong><strong>8; 16\/8; 30\/8; and 13\/9 from 2.30 to 4pm at the South Maroubra Medical Practice. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Week 1 include:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking      at what mindfulness is<\/li>\n<li>Research      on mindfulness and the impact on the brain<\/li>\n<li>Mindfulness      of the breath exercise <\/li>\n<li>Mindful      eating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Week 2 include:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking      at the evolution of a worried and ruminating mind<\/li>\n<li>A      labelling of experiences exercise<\/li>\n<li>Looking      at what causes suffering<\/li>\n<li>Discuss      the concept of acceptance<\/li>\n<li>A      Mindfulness of sound exercises<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Week 3 include:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning      about compassion and self-compassion<\/li>\n<li>An      acceptance meditation<\/li>\n<li>Understanding      impermanence<\/li>\n<li>A      loving-kindness meditation<\/li>\n<li>Looking      at the research on loving-kindness <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Week 4 include:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking      at how mindfulness can enhance our relationships<\/li>\n<li>Learning      about the social brain<\/li>\n<li>A      body scan meditation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The cost is $280 for the four sessions ($70 per session). If you get a mental health plan for group therapy from your GP you get $ 31.65 back from Medicare for each session.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about mindfulness and how it may help you you can read these older \u00a0entries in Therapy Notes: <strong>Acceptance; A Torture Instrument; Dieting; Life is Suffering; Neuroplasticity; <\/strong>and <strong> Mindfulness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If this sounds like something you would like to participate in, please email me or call me. Spaces in the group are limited so don\u2019t leave it to the last minute.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the large interest in the mindfulness group that I\u2019m running, I\u2019ll be running another group in August 2014. The dates for the group are: 2\/8; 16\/8; 30\/8; and 13\/9 from 2.30 to 4pm at the South Maroubra Medical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/?p=561\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-therapy-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicalpsychology.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}