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Our mission is to make all of our programs accessible. Every fee-based offering has a limited number of pay-what-you-can spots available to support self-identified people of color, members of marginalized groups (queer people, transgender people, and  people with disabilities) and those in financial need (those for whom the cost to attend is not financially possible). 

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We reserve the right to cancel a class or special event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable. If InsightLA cancels an event you’ve registered for, you will be offered a full refund. If an event has to be postponed for any reason, you will have the option to either receive a full refund or transfer your registration to the same event at the new, future date. If you cancel, we apply a 5% credit processing fee and the refunded amounts are listed below:

MBSR, MSC, & MBHC, Mindfulness for Beginners & Special Events

7 days – 95% Refund
<7 days – No Refunds – Credit given if requested or donation to InsightLA

Fee-Based Non-Residential Retreats (note: Donations are non-refundable)

>7 days – 95% Refund
<7 days – No Refunds – Credit given if requested or donation to InsightLA

Residential Retreats

> 8 weeks – amount paid less $100
4-8 weeks – amount paid less $175
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $300
< 2 weeks – No refund

Residential Retreats with Financial Support:

> 8 weeks – amount paid less $75
4-8 weeks – amount paid less $100
2-4 weeks – amount paid less $200
< 2 weeks – No refund

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  • Date/Time Saturday, October 17, 2020
    2:00 PM - 3:15 PM PT

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Join fellow caregivers and students in the mental health and medical fields for an afternoon dedicated to cultivating refuge, building connection and mindful support. As a community we will  support each other to offset work-related stress, vicarious trauma, and caregiver fatigue during these challenging times of COVID-19 and heightened awareness of racial injustice. We will share ways to experience and cultivate refuge through community building, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), self-care techniques, stress reduction strategies and beyond.

THIS SEMINAR WILL ENABLE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO: 

  • Utilize Mindfulness Meditation to reduce stress and prevent caregiver fatigue.
  • Apply Mindful Self-Compassion practices to develop self-care and care for others.
  • Identify areas of vicarious trauma in patient care and develop Mindfulness Self-Compassion strategies to regulate the emotional impact, seek refuge and support.
  • Describe different applications of Mindfulness Meditation and Mindfulness Self-Compassion
  • Assess the impact of racial injustice in both personal and professional life.

ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON:  

  • The contemplative models of Mindfulness Meditation and Mindful Self-Compassion
  • Guided meditation
  • Aspects of vicarious trauma in patient care
  • Compassionate care with equanimity
  • Exploration of values as a healthcare provider
  • Moral distress
  • Loving kindness or self-compassion meditation
  • Self-care 

Mindfulness Meditation is a way of paying non-judgmental attention to our moment-by-moment experience. It is a way to effectively deepen our personal practice and work with the stress, physical pain and “emotional overload” we often have in our daily lives. This meditation practice can assist in living more skillfully, creatively and compassionately. It can help restore and maintain a sense of personal balance. 

Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself as you would towards others when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself. Instead of just ignoring your pain with a “stiff upper lip” mentality, you stop to tell yourself “this is really difficult right now,” how can I comfort and care for myself in this moment?

We meet every third Saturday of the month 2-3:30PM.  Also join the [In-Person] Resilience and Mindfulness for Mental Healthcare Providers every first Tuesday from 1-2:15pm at Benedict Canyon. Come join a mindful community and connect with other mental health and health providers.

 


Continuing Education Units (CEs)

Psychologists: Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by theAmerican Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 1.25 CE credit.

California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs: Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. 1.25 CE credit may be applied to your license renewal throughthe California Board of Behavioral Sciences. For those licensed outside California, please check with your local licensing board to determine if CE credit is accepted.

Nurses: UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16351, for 1.5 contact hours.

Carolina Huete-Lehman, LMFT Teacher

Carolina Huete-Lehman is a licensed psychotherapist, LMFT, CMT-P and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator, completed the FT3 InsightLA Facilitator Training Program. She is Latina, fluent in Spanish, born in Nicaragua. She immigrated to the Los Angeles, California at a young age in 1963, she is multicultural and bilingual, her pronouns are she, her, hers.   Carolina’s... Read more

James Rosser, LCSW Teacher

James has meditated for over 30 years, beginning in 1987 with James Baraz. He graduated from InsightLA’s Facilitator Training Program and  Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (Inaugural Class). James is also a  Trained Teacher for the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. James leads secular and Buddhist- based mindfulness training, sits, and... Read more

Pricing Options
Class Fee $20
Class Fee with CEs $40

Financial Support

Our mission is to make all of our programs accessible. Every fee-based offering has a limited number of pay-what-you-can spots available to support members of marginalized groups (people of color, queer people, people with disabilities) and those in financial need (those for whom the cost to attend is not financially possible).

These spots are offered on a first come, first served basis. Please pay at the highest level you can afford. In order for this support to be available, we rely on those who can afford to pay the full price to do so.

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