Cultivating Ground: The Role of Mindfulness in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

The Loft Louisville - 107 Crescent Ave., Louisville, KY 40206

12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 27, 2015

Cost: $60.00

Registration is required and limited to 12 participants on a first come, first served basis.  Please click here to register.

 

“Instead of being on automatic and mindless, mindfulness helps us awaken, and by reflecting on the mind we are enabled to make choices and thus change becomes possible.”

– Dr. Dan Siegel, The Mindful Brain

 

Helping someone heal from an eating disorder, or from any chronic disconnection between head, heart and body, is a process that involves a practitioner stepping into the intensity and holding compassionate space for the whole person and their pain.  We are partners in their journey and the healing relationship evolves as the one in pain begins to find their authentic voice and connect to the deeper hungers that are calling out for care.  Mindfulness, or mindful awareness, can assist this process in every stage to bring strength, clarity and inspiration to both practitioner and client.  Please join Shelly Sowell, M.Ed., LPCC, for an intimate workshop on how to integrate present moment awareness practices into your work.

 

 

Objectives:

Mindfulness in psychotherapy and its role in with ED treatment

Body-centered psychotherapy and a developmental approach to trauma

Mindfulness-based interventions for various stages of ED treatment

Mindfulness in personal care of healing arts practitioners

Mindfulness for caregivers/loved ones of client

Boundaries, touch and attunement in treatment