Mindfulness Practices for an Anxiety-free Life
Registration: 8:30
Class Begins: 9:00
Join workshop leader Gary DuDell to examine the rich and powerful role a mindfulness-based practice plays in freeing you from a continual struggle with anxiety. This workshop focuses on mindfulness as both a method: 1) to cultivate a solid ground in order to live with greater awareness and ease; the result is feeling more rooted, present-centered, and less vulnerable to the pull of anxiety, and 2) to respond effectively to worry, fear, and panic so that anxiety no longer gets in the way of happiness and well-being.
Very often, we make numerous attempts to overcome our anxiety, yet become frustrated and discouraged. One of the causes of feeling “stuck” is that we try to cultivate positive change alone. This workshop is an opportunity to gain and give support, get fresh ideas, and acquire new tools to improve the quality of your life.
Participants will:
- Learn specific skills that will help you direct your energy and efforts to aspects of your life that really matter.
- Deepen your understanding of ways in which to fundamentally change your relationship to anxiety so it no longer has you in it’s grip and be a cause of suffering. To cultivate greater acceptance of anxiety, rather than continue to react with fear and failed attempts to overcome it.
- Learn research-based methods that will produce long-term freedom from anxiety, rather than short-term relief.
- Deepen their understanding of mindfulness-based practices that nourish and fortify their overall well-being and happiness.
This workshop combines presentation, group sharing, and experiential activities.
About the Presenter
Gary DuDell, Ph.D., L.M.H.C., is on the faculty of the University of South Florida's Department of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. He has maintained a private practice and conducted workshops locally and nationally for over thirty-five years. His professional interests include working with individuals and couples, treating anxiey and depression, and helping bring mindfulness practice into everyday life. His mindfulness practice began in the early years of professional training and includes both formal and informal methods. He is a member of the Florida Community of Mindfulness and core faculty member of the Mindfulness Institute.
CE Credits: Licentsed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage& Family Therapists, Psychologist. Credits awarded: 3.5
Florida Board of Clinical Social work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health
Counseling Provider Number 50-14766. This course is approved for 3.5 CEU’s. Credit will be awarded with verification of 3.5 hours of attendance.
This program is co-sponsored with the Center for Human Potential of America, Inc. The Center for Human Potential, Inc. is an approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists by the American Psychological Association. The Center for Human Potential of America, Inc. is responsible for the content of this program.
