In a world filled with uncertainty, mindfulness is an increasingly sought-after treatment. It's crucial that practitioners are drawing on an evidence base.

 

This course is ideal for health practitioners across a range of settings – including allied, clinical and educational – seeking the skills and confidence to offer clinical mindfulness practices to clients or patients and ensure their knowledge is backed by the latest research.

 

Learning is aligned with industry standards and registration frameworks of groups including the Australian Psychology Society and the Australian Clinical Psychology Association.

 

Explore clinical mindfulness techniques, applications and research

Gain a strong grounding in mindfulness and clinical mindfulness techniques and applications, and explore their efficacy. Integrate and understand theoretical and practical aspects of mindfulness, its benefits, and its relationship to research.

 

Understand how mindfulness influences behaviour change

Develop your understanding of how clinical mindfulness relates to client self-knowledge, wellbeing and behaviour change. Draw on research and evidence to decide when it's appropriate to use mindfulness as an intervention to support mental health.

 

Apply clinical mindfulness techniques

Reference underlying theory to identify how to appropriately select and apply mindfulness activities with your clients. Put your knowledge into practice by preparing for a clinical mindfulness session with a patient or client, and explain your approach.