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New Developments in Relational Mindfulness: Compassionate Relationships, Wise Brains
2010 Spring WorkshopSaturday March 27, 9:00am-4:15pm
Faculty: Janet Surrey, Ph.D., Natalie Eldridge, Ph.D., Amy Banks, MD, Judith Jordan, PhD. Download Brochure (PDF) In this workshop we will integrate concepts and practices of Relational-Cultural Theory with Meditation and Neurobiology. Participants will learn practical exercises to be used in our personal lives and in our clinical and work settings. We will explore what it means to be “present” with others and how compassion can be supported in and for ourselves and others. While personal growth is an important aspect of this work, the shift from a separate-self model of development can also contribute to expanding awareness of community. Janet Surrey will introduce us to Insight Dialogue: Relational Meditation and Applications to Clinical Practice. Natalie Eldridge will guide us in several exercises exploring the cultivation of mindful and compassionate connection. Amy Banks will address bringing our bodies and brains to relational mindfulness. And Judith Jordan will look at what it means to be “present with” and how best to cultivate our natural inclination toward compassion and empathy. Along with presentations from our faculty, there will be ample opportunity to reflect on our experience, to question, discuss and deepen our relational awareness.
• Learn the ways in which relational-cultural mindfulness practice can inform our clinical work and everyday lives • Develop practices to expand compassionate presence in our lives and work • Practice mindfulness dialogue • Better understand the neurobiology of connected mindfulness.
Natalie S. Eldridge, Ph.D., is on the Faculty of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley College, a Licensed Psychologist in private practice, and a Relational Life Coach. She is a contributing author to Women’s Growth in Diversity and to the Working Paper Series at the Stone Center. Amy Banks, MD, Director of Advanced Training at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Amy has been integrating emerging neuroscience information with relational-cultural theory. She has spoken throughout the country on “The Neurobiology of Relationship” and has an ongoing passion to spread the message that we are “hard-wired for connection”. Judith Jordan, PhD. , Founding Scholar and Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, She was the director of Psychology Training as well as the director of the Women's Studies program at McLean Hospital.
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