Dear Colleagues,
I completely flipped when I heard that Lucia McBee was coming to Ithaca to teach the two-day Certificate Course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)!
Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI, is a hero in my book because of her groundbreaking work using mindfulness with Elders and their care partners, and for her book, “Mindfulness-Based Elder Care.”
Of course, her work extends beyond that population, and I’m totally psyched that I will have the opportunity to study this evidence-based approach with her for two whole days, right here in Ithaca, in a PESI training that is being hosted by Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services, (CARS), and carries continuing education for a variety of mental health professionals.
MINDFULNESS is a key ingredient for healing trauma.
My shadow self would like to keep this training small so I can have Ms. McBee all to myself, in the most intimate training possible…
(Oops – did I say that out loud?)
My humanitarian self, (I’m an Aquarian, after all), encourages me to invite as many of my colleagues as possible to join me for what promises to be a remarkable two days. I would also encourage you to share this with your networks if you can.
Please read below for more details. The cost is only $249.99 (a $190. Savings over the regular PESI price), and you don’t have to incur travel costs.
Thanks for listening,
Lisa K.
P.S. – I’m not getting a commission, and not just doing this because Bill Rusen of CARS is my husband. This testimonial is completely my own, and I’m already enrolled in the course!
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION NOW at: http://carsny.org/home/training-institute/
Monday September 17 & Tuesday September 18, 2018
Borg-Warner Room Tompkins County Public Library
2 Day Certificate Course: MBSR: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
• Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services is once again this year sponsoring a two-day training in Ithaca @ TCPL Borg Warner Room.
• Training is by PESI nationally known and recognized leader in Continuing Education for Mental Health and Rehabilitation Professionals
• Price $249.99 for both days a $150.00 savings over the “early bird” PESI price ($399.99); a $190 savings over the regular PESI price ($439.99).
• Approved for NYS social workers, MFTs and CASACs; others as well please check the registration form at the web address above
This 2 day conference is worth 12.5 CEU hours for CASACs, 12.5 hours for psychologists and 15 CEU hours for social workers LMHC and 760 minutes for MFTs
Course Description from our faculty, Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI:
I used to feel stuck with clients, treating the same symptoms session after session, but seeing little progress. Does this sound like you?
I was spending my days seeing client after client, and they were all anxious, panic-attack prone or just unable to cope with stress. I was of no help. I was stuck in a rut treating symptoms; focusing on what was wrong rather than treating them as an individual and reinforcing what was right.
Incorporating MBSR into my session re-energized me and made me more confident in myself and my clinical work.
This evidence-based approach changed my life and has changed the lives of many of my clients. Now I want to share these strategies with you because I know that this work will help alleviate the psychological and physical pain in your clients’ lives.
These tools are powerful and simple, and you can immediately start incorporating them into your practice to give your clients the skills to live in the present and put stress and pain behind them.
Join me in this 2-day workshop and leave with the tools that will transform your clinical practice!
Here’s to healing,
Lucia
The Faculty
LUCIA MCBEE, LCSW, MPH, CYI
Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI, began her Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction journey in 1992. Always interested in meditation and yoga, her mindfulness practice was inspired by a client with chronic pain. Looking for alternative treatments, she discovered MBSR, which requires a serious practice commitment from the teacher. She participated in professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in 1994 and the first MBSR Teacher Development Intensive at the Center for Mindfulness in 1997. She also completed training in Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine at the Center for Mind/Body Medicine in 2000. In 2008, Lucia became a certified Kripalu yoga teacher. Since 1998, she has taught MBSR to a wide variety of populations including mental health professionals, frail elders and caregivers, college students, persons with HIV, those recently released from incarceration, and courses for the general population.
In addition to teaching MBSR, Lucia is a licensed clinical social worker in both New York and Maine. Following her graduation from Columbia University’s School of Social Work and Public Health, she developed a pioneering practice using mindfulness and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to improve the quality of life in community, hospital and nursing home settings. Her book, Mindfulness-Based Elder Care, is based on her innovations in adapting mindfulness and complementary and alternative medicine for elders and their caregivers. She has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and chapters in many books describing her adaptations of mindfulness. Her presentations have included national and international conferences. She regularly presents to and consults with institutional and community direct-care providers.
She is currently a freelance author, consultant and faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work.
