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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Healthcare Workers
Based on the popular evidence-based 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course, this 6-week course has been adapted for the busy lives of healthcare workers. Each session is tailored to the unique challenges faced by those in the medical field.
Session by Session:
This course meets for six consecutive weeks for 2 hours each as well as one all day retreat via Zoom.
Session 1:
Introduction to mindfulness, benefits, and initial introduction to practices. Discussion of unique challenges in healthcare that contribute to stress and burn out.
Session 2:
The neuroscience of mindfulness, the role of perception and appraisal in stress, starting to identify our own habits in ‘reacting’ versus ‘responding.’
Session 3:
Focus on the present and the pleasant; what do we notice about how we show up in the present?
Session 4:
Exploring the unpleasant - what contributes to our stress? How does stress appear in our bodies?
Session 5:
Practicing resilience; exploring stress and how it arises in communications.
Retreat:
A 6 hour intensive practice session with a variety of exercises to explore throughout the day. The majority of the day will be in silence.
Session 6:
Integrating practice into daily life. What habits are nourishing and protective? What habits are self-destructive? How does our environment play a role in this for us?
FAQs
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$280. This includes 6 two hour sessions and one 6 hour all day retreat.
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The next class begins:
Thursday, September 8th - Thursday, October 10th
7-9 pm EST
The All Day Retreat is Saturday, October 8th
9-3 pm EST -
Absolutely! This course is designed to be useful to all levels of mindfulness familiarity - from beginner to advanced.
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Mindfulness can be a helpful tool, but it is may not be recommended for some people. Read more about potential contraindications here.
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No, MBSR and mindfulness-meditation courses are not psychotherapy. Although the course is taught by Jennifer Kilkus, a practitioning psychologist, mindfulness courses are not intended to address or resolve specific personal issues and participation does not constitute a psychotherapeutic relationship.
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No, CEs are not available for this course.
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Please read about our refund policy here.
Still not sure?
Check out our 2 hour Mindfulness 101 course for only $35!
Dr. Jennifer Kilkus is a board-certified clinical health psychologist with a background in serious and chronic illness and a passion for improving quality of life for both patient and providers. She is an experienced mindfulness practitioner and facilitator. She is always looking to expand her learning and is currently enrolled in a mindfulness facilitator program emphasizing trauma and social justice-informed mindfulness facilitation at Copper Beech Institute in Hartford, Connecticut. She has witnessed the ever-increasing demands on mental health and health care staff and hopes to offer practical strategies for managing these demands while actively advocating for system-level change.
Dr. Kilkus is an authentic instructor who values a model of shared learning rather than an “instructor knows all” “top down” approach. She hopes to facilitate approaches that can be tailored to each person’s unique needs and preferences. Rather than presenting mindfulness as a panacea with a goal of becoming a peaceful, calm, person, Dr. Kilkus emphasizes mindfulness practice as one available tool to help you connect to your genuine self.