When: 1-1 weekly start dates.
Times: 1-1 various options.
Where: Online
Join Kathy Ward (who herself lives with chronic illness) for a course that can help you unlock your potential for living well.
Natalie - Online 8-week MBSR Course
The Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy MBCT for chronic illness, or those living with cancer courses gently guides you through practices that focus on teaching you how to make simple yet radical shifts in your relationship to thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations, even if there is little or nothing that you can do to change the experiences or conditions themselves.
The courses develop the skills to gently turn towards what is present in this very moment within your window of tolerance. Skills are also developed so that when needed, you can redirect the attention, as best you can, cultivating curiosity and kindness asking "what is called for now?" "how can I be kind to myself?"
Trish Bartley. Mindfulness: A Kindly Approach to Being with Cancer p167
Each week you will take part in either a 1-hour (1-1) or 2-hours (group) session via Zoom.
Kathy will guide and support you through the learning of the MBCT for Chronic Illness course or MBCT for cancer course. Practice mp3's and our extensive Participants workbook will either be handed out to you at the start of the course or be emailed to you.
Both courses include:
The MBCT for cancer or MBCT for Chronic Illness 1-1 course includes:
Please note: The courses are not intended for treatment of medical or psychological disorders. It is also not suitable for those newly diagnosed with cancer or other chronic illness and who are currently experiencing severe problems in these areas. Please please contact me to discuss your particular circumstances, so that together we can explore if it is the right time for you to take part.
The 8-week MBCT course for the general public is based on the original work of Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams and John D. Teasdale.
The 8-week MBCT for Cancer Gently Turning Towards course is based on the original work of the wonderful Trish Bartley.