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This Course is Jointly Certified by - Just Being Center for Mindfulness and Presence, Pune & Centre for Lifelong Learning- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
It constitutes a training in orientation – an orientation to Presence or ‘beingness’ and equips therapists with the required skills/attitude to deeply listen. This allows for deeper healing forces to emerge in psychotherapeutic contact and to facilitate the client’s movement towards a felt sense of wholeness.
The training explores experientially three vital ingredients of therapy that brings about transformation:
- The Therapist’s Presence: The quality of Embodied Presence of the therapist
- The Relational Space: The quality of Compassionate Presence in the therapeutic alliance
- The Client’s Self in Presence: The quality of inner listening that stimulates the Client’s Self in Presence.
The course is suitable for :
- Counselors
- Psychotherapists
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Social Workers
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Academic background in Psychology/Social Work/Psychiatry at graduate/post-graduate level
- Practicing Counselors & therapists will be preferred
STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM
The Program is offered in two formats:
- Join the program in a fully online format
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Join the program in a hybrid format- both in-person and/or online format
Every three months there will be a five day module. The modules are full day engagement.
Course Dates
-Pre- Program Mindfulness Practice begins June 26th, 2023
-Three-hour group supervision sessions once a month between modules
- Module 1- August 23-27, 2023
- Module 2- November 22-26, 2023
- Module 3- January 22-28, 2024
- Module 4- March 20-24, 2024
- Module 5- August 7-11, 2024
- Module 6- November 6-10, 2024
- Module 7- January 6-12, 2025
- Module 8- March 5-9, 2025
- April-December 2025 - Research Project Completion
COURSE DESIGN
The Mindfulness & Presence Oriented Psychotherapy course is a systematic and sensitively designed course to have an inner experience of Mindfulness and Presence drawing both from wisdom traditions as well as evidence-based approaches in psychology and its application in one on one and group work.
As a unique approach it has been developed and designed by Sandy Dias Andrade, a psychotherapist in Mindfulness and Presence oriented work.
Each module sets the base for a deepening into the principles of intention, attention attunement, resonance and wholeness and bringing this in the therapeutic space.
What the training entails :
- The therapist is equipped with background knowledge drawing from interpersonal neurobiology, neuroscience, attachment theory, somatic and energy psychology, trauma resolution principles and mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural work. Key principles from Buddhist Psychology form the base that informs the work and relevant exposition to other wisdom traditions supports an understanding of an interdependent sense of Self. Besides verbal contact, other modalities such as art and movement are also used to facilitate a non-conceptual intuitive knowing that guides the process of therapy.
- The course is also a training in formal mindfulness practices that enables a natural flow of compassion and wisdom. It equips therapists to imbibe an attitude of openness, non-judgement, kindness, curiosity and `not knowing’. There is an exposition to key principles that marks mindfulness-based approaches in therapy.
- The inner work of the therapist is emphasized as the ground on which therapeutic contact is established and deepened. Hence an ongoing mindfulness and meditation practice and attending retreats is part of the course as well as engaging in one’s own psychological work.
- It also equips the therapist with the necessary skills to engage and allow for the client’s inherent sense of wisdom to emerge in a moment-to-moment process.
- The course also encourages participants to take the learnings of the course and apply them to their areas of interest and expertise with the populations they work with. In the second year, participants engage in research where the methodologies of research and writing are in line with the principles of Mindfulness and Presence.
Curriculum:
- Module 1- Mindfulness of the Therapist
- Presence Orientation Paradigm
- Intention & Attention
- Mindfulness
- Self Care
- Therapeutic Contact
- Module 2- Compassionate Presence
- Impermanence
- Attachment Theory & Relational Space
- Interpersonal Neurobiology
- Self Compassion
- Attunement & Resonance
- Focusing Methodology
- Module 3- Retreat- I
- Shamata & Vipassana
- Practices of Brahmaviharas
- Movement & Art-based Practices
- Practices from Yoga
- Module 4- Self as Presence
- Neuroscience of Mindfulness
- Non-Self & Wholeness
- Spacious Awareness of Thought, Feelings, Sensations
- Principles of Internal Family Systems
- Methods of Inquiry into Parts and Self
- Module 5- Trauma Resolution & Mindfulness
- Principles of Somatic Psychology
- Embodiment & Trauma
- Research in Mindfulness
- Methods of Inquiry
- Module 6- Subtle Body
- Thinking at the Edge
- Subtle Body in Psychology
- Intuitive Awareness
- Module 7- Retreat - II
- Compassion Practices
- Open Awareness
- Subtle Body Awareness
- Movement & Art-based Practices
- Module 8 -
- Non-dual Wisdom in Psychotherapy
- Individual Research Project & Presentation
Completion Requirements:
- Attendance of classes
- 480 hours of Mindfulness Practice
- Assignments
- Conduct 60 peer sessions
- Conduct 60 client sessions
- Receive 10 personal counseling sessions per year*
- Receive 10 individual supervision sessions*
- Complete Individual Research project
PROGRAM FEE
- Year 1: 79,000 INR +18% GST*
- Year 2: 79,000 INR +18% GST*
*The above Fee does not include:
- Personal counseling sessions
- Individual Supervision sessions
- Cost of travel, stay, food if you are joining in-person.
- In-person residential retreat costs.
Sandy Dias Andrade
Lead Trainer
A gifted psychotherapist, trainer and workshop leader with 19 years of experience in the field, she has primarily trained in Mindfulness based interventions like Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Integral Somatic Psychotherapy (ISP), Biodynamic CranioSacral Therapy (BSCT), Focusing Skills Certification and is equipped in skills in cognitive, affective, somatic works as well as trauma resolution.
Sandy Dias Andrade is a psychotherapist in mindfulness and presence and founder director of Just Being, Pune. She is internationally certified in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). She is also visiting faculty on other courses at the University of Pune and TISS.
She is also a trustee at Connecting, an NGO involved in suicide prevention work. She was responsible for initiating the helpline service and has trained and mentored over hundred volunteers in ‘Mindfulness Based Active Listening’ as well as mentored other organisations and individuals in setting up listening systems.
Fiona Parr
Supporting Trainer
Fiona will cover Focusing Level 1 and 2 as part of this course. She is a BFA recognised Mentor, a Focusing Institute Coordinator and a qualified teacher of adults (PGCE).
Fiona Parr is a Focusing therapist based in the UK. She teaches aspects of the Focusing methodology in the first year as well as Thinking at the Edge as a process to contemplative inquiry in formulating a phenomenological approach to research in the second year.
Bruce Stevenson
Supporting Trainer
Bruce Stevenson who will train with elements of IFS is an integrative psychotherapist based in the UK. He teaches elements of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and the Inquiry process on the course.
He is a psychotherapist in the integrative section of the UKCP for over twenty years utilising Internal Family Systems as well as other effective therapies and techniques. He was a Buddhist monk for a number of years and has also trained with A.H. Almass in the Diamond Approach.
Patricia Meadows
Supporting Trainer
Patricia Meadows teaches somatic approaches in being trauma informed as well as working with the subtle body and attachment oriented work on the course. She is a holistic nurse/counselor, trauma therapist, educator, teacher and facilitator of inner work.
Bio: She has over 30 years of experience in healthcare and mental health. Currently in her integrative practice of over 15 years, she facilitates a process-oriented approach to healing, transforming and living authentically. Within this integral and holistic context, she also works as a trauma therapist with individuals who have experienced diverse forms of trauma (pre-and perinatal, attachment, relational, developmental, medical/surgical, emotional, physical, sexual, spiritual). Her work is deeply informed by long-term spiritual practice in the Diamond Approach, spiritual inquiry and mediation. She is a teacher in the Diamond Approach. She completed six years of doctoral studies in East/West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Dr Mahesh Deokar
Supporting Faculty
Dr Mahesh Deokar will cover aspects of Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Psychology and Psychotherapy and is the head of the department of Pali at the University of Pune. He is a well-known scholar and has published a number of papers on Buddhist philosophy and has actively promoted the learning of Buddhist Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University. He takes a module on Buddhist philosophy and highlights the key principles of Buddhist philosophy that find relevance in the course
Sujatha Nerurkar
Supporting Faculty
Sujatha Nerurkar teaches movement through yin yoga on the course as well as pranayam and the subtle body consciousness.
She is a well-established teacher in many different schools of yoga and is passionate about bringing Patanjali’s yoga sutra’s to a larger audience. She is in the process of developing a short term course with Just Being on Mindfulness through movement and yoga, based on the philosophy of the yoga sutras.
Rajyashree Ramamurthi
Supporting Faculty
Rajyashree is a contemporary movement artist and explores mindfulness through movement and deeper embodiment.
Rajyashree has explored over many years the nuances of movement and engaging in a felt sense of movement and stillness in the body.
The following will be an ongoing process once you submit the application form:
- Submission of Application form
- Short-listed Candidates will be invited for an Interview
- Interview
- Intimation of Final Selection
- A non-refundable deposit of Rs.15,000 to reserve a seat within 2 weeks of Selection
- Completion of formalities (Document submission etc.) & Full fee payment for Year 1 to confirm seat
Important Dates:
- Last date to fill Application form: March 30th, 2023
- Interviews will begin at the end of January 2023
- Document submission, Full Fee Payment for Year 1 & Completion of formalities- April 30th, 2023
- Commencement of Program- August 23rd, 2023
- Pre- Program Mindfulness Practice - June 26th, 2023
Kindly note:
- Admission is on a first-come-first-serve basis.
- The seats are limited to 22 due to the nature of the learning involved. Hence request you to apply early
Eligibility Criteria:
- Academic background in Psychology/Social Work/Psychiatry at graduate/post-graduate level
- Practicing Counselors & therapists will be preferred
The course is suitable for :
- Counselors
- Psychotherapists
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Social Workers
