Working Effectively with Mind and Emotions

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WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH MIND AND EMOTIONS

December 6-7, 2008 - Portland, Oregon

It is well understood that the emotions and the mind (thought, attitudes, beliefs, memories, and meaning) play a vital role in the etiology and healing of disease and pain.
In this workshop health care practitioners will learn integrative bodymind counseling techniques that enhance your ability to listen for, verbally acknowledge and explore mental and emotional patterns that interfere with a person’s ability to get well. These mindfulness based skills help you build rapport, create safety and quickly understand the inner world of your patient. This makes your assessment and treatment more effective, and opens the door for perspective, intuition and motivation to change.

The skills originate with Hakomi Experiential Psychology and are integrated into the practice of Chinese medicine.

Learn to:

Work with emotions that arise spontaneously during a session.

Work with the interface of psyche and soma. Recognize and address mental and emotional patterns (psyche) that manifest through the body (soma) and interfere with the ability to heal.

Regulate emotional qi and calm shen by quieting the mind, clarifing what is needed, and working with direct experience to transform patterns and find internal resources.

When: Saturday and Sunday, December 6-7, 2008, 9:30 am – 5 pm

Location: Natural College of Natural Medicine (NCNM), 049 SW Porter St., Portland

Fee: $300.

CEU: 12 from NCCAOM and 6 from Board of Naturopathic Physicians

Registration: Through NCNM, call 503-552-1625

INSTRUCTOR:

Kamala Quale, MSOM, LAc, has been developing, practicing and teaching a blend of mind and body integration skills with acupuncture and Oriental bodywork for twenty years in the US and Canada. Her passion for mind and body work started with the study and practice of Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressure™ and the Hakomi Method of body-centered psychology. She has written and published several articles on mind and body integration, and is a contributing author on this subject in A Complete Guide for Acupressure.