What is this training about?
This intensive (5 days plus one retreat evening) teacher training is to train mental health professionals with a background of mindfulness practices who wish to implement mindful parenting with their clients.
Mindful parenting is a specific application of mindfulness practice for parents who have or had mental health problems that interfere with parenting, or whose child or children have mental health problems.
Who is this for?
Participants are expected to be working as a mental health professional with formal practice in mindfulness including MBCT/MBSR/MSC.
Certificate
Participants will receive a Mindful Parenting Trainer certificate if they have met the criteria for attendance, development of attitude and skills, as judged by the trainers.
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Course Details:
Language: English (subgroup practice available in Cantonese)
Venue: Room 1701, 17/F, Far East Consortium Building, 121 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong
Principle Trainer: Prof. Susan Bögels
Co-Trainer: Dr. Candice Powell
Cost: HKD 11,000 (Deadline: 30th August 2023)
Early Bird: HKD9,800 (before 30th June 2023)
Application Method: Please scan the QR code for application
CE Point: TBC
– Agenda –
Day 1 – Orientation & Session 1
24th September, Sunday
930 am – 430 pm
Day 2 – Session 2 & Session 3
25th September, Monday
930 am – 430 pm
Day 3 – Session 4 and Evening Retreat
26th September, Tuesday
930 am – 830 pm (inc. 1hr dinner break)
Day 4 – Session 5 & Session 6
27th September, Wednesday
930 am – 430 pm
Day 5 – Session 7 & Session 8
28th September, Thursday
930 am – 430 pm
Please email [email protected] for enquiry.
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About the Trainers
Principle Trainer: Prof. Susan Bögels
Prof. Susan Bögels is a psychotherapist, and mindfulness trainer, clinically specialized in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness for children and parents. She is a professor in Family Mental Health, with a particular role for Mindfulness, at the University of Amsterdam. She provides advanced teacher training in mindfulness for parents and children with psychopathology around the world and provides retreats on the topic of “parenting ourselves”.
Co-Trainer: Dr. Candice Powell
Dr. Candice Powell joined Mind HK as Chief Executive Officer in September 2022. She is trained as a clinical psychologist at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining Mind HK, she worked at one of Hong Kong’s largest community mental health NGOs, for a decade. She is an honorary lecturer at The University of Hong Kong, a fellow of The Hong Kong Psychological Society and a training officer of the Association of Contextual and Behavioural Science (Hong Kong Chapter).
