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| Hol? | Budapest, XIII., Balzac u. 39., Bell 5, Half Floor, 1st door. We have a lift. |
| Tanár: | Barta András, Ann Verboven |
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L) in English – a course of 8 + 1 sessions with Ann Verboven and András Barta
It is an English language course of personal attendance, in Budapest downtown:
- Small group. Minimum 6, maximum 10 participants. The small group makes common work more efficient. Paying attention to each other is easier.
- Pre-course conversation between the teachers and the participants, one by one, to discover intentions, background and to get known each other more.
- This mindfulness-based course is an own experience course. What you learn here will not make you competent to teach mindfulness or MBCT-L.
IF YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR THIS COURSE, SEND US A MESSAGE
What will you learn?
MBCT-L is a skills-based course rather than group therapy. It cultivates the following understandings:
- Mindfulness starts when we recognize the tendency to be on automatic pilot, which can rob us of our potential for living life more fully. We begin to practice stepping out of automatic pilot by bringing mindfulness to aspects of everyday presentmoment experience that we might normally overlook.
- With greater awareness, we begin to notice how often we are lost in our thoughts and feelings. Mindfulness of the body and breathing helps us learn to recognize our thoughts, emotions, sensations, and impulses, gather the scattered mind, and return with appreciation to the here and now.
- We learn that when our attention is caught up in the past or the future, we can get trapped in unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. Mindfulness helps us recognize these automatic reactions, understand them as normal human experiences, and bring kindness and compassion to them.
- As we cultivate attitudes of interest and friendliness toward all of our experiences, whether pleasant or unpleasant, we learn skills for keeping our balance through life’s ups and downs, responding skilfully when difficulties arise, engaging with what is most important to us, and opening up to moments of joy, contentment, and gratitude. We learn to flourish. What happens during sessions? Sessions follow a consistent pattern. After greetings and getting settled, we begin with a guided meditation practice, followed by reflection on the experiences of the practice. Then we discuss the experiences of the home practices during the week. Each session has a theme that is woven into the discussions. We often do another short practice or a cognitive exercise and reflect on what can be learned from that. Near the end of each session, we explain the home practices for the following week. It’s best to arrive a bit early for each session. This helps to ensure a prompt start. Tea and biscuits will be available before the session begins. However, traffic can be unpredictable so please come even if you are late arriving. Please see the Travel Information document for more detail. The teachers are available after the session in case you would like to speak briefly to them
Themes of the 8-week course
- Waking up from automatic pilot
- Another way of being: Keeping the body in min
- Gathering the scattered mind
- Recognizing reactivity
- Allowing and letting be
- Responding skillfully. Thoughts are not facts
- How can I best take care of myself?
- Mindfulness for life
We wait for you application If you’re ready to spend regular times with yourself and your experiences and you can commit yourself to a daily practice of 30 to 45 minutes on at least 6 days of the week, throughout the 8-week course. Home practice is not only meditation or mindful movement, but it also consists of other types of self-discovery like journalling events or reflecting important themes of life.
Teachers
Ann Verboven MBCT-L teacher and psychologist.
András Barta MBSR, MBCT teacher, mindfulness supervisor, teacher trainer and addiction counsellor.
Prices
A slidingg scale. Normal price HUF 95 000. Price for those in need HUF 60 000. Those who want to suuport us more can pay up to HUF 150 000.