Description:
OPD Points: 10
A two-year, part-time, advanced specialist training program for psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists and other qualified mental health professionals. Each weekend module will have a hybrid delivery, so students may attend face-to-face in Crows Nest, Sydney, or attend online from home. There are three(3) residential retreats which must be attended in person (the location is 90 minutes outside of Sydney at a rural retreat centre).
- This is a two-year course, offered online and includes face-to-face workshops.Â
- Pricing is $5450.00 per year
Please register an expression of interest through our website and we will be in touch regarding a course interview with the Director of Training.
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This course offers a balance of theoretical and experiential learning, using lecture, discussion, experiential and group processes, case presentations, supervision, contemplation, and meditation practices. Modules are taught by an experienced multidisciplinary faculty, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and Buddhist monastics. Throughout the modules and retreats students are instructed and supported to learn, deepen and refine personal meditation practices. The retreats in particular offer the opportunity to experience Buddhist teachings and practices in main lineages of Buddhist schools.
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Please find details regarding entry criteria, course fees, module and retreat dates and course content by accessing our course prospectus. The latest version of our prospectus is available on our website: www.aabcap.org/training.
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Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Students will gain a lived understanding of:
- Buddhist psychology from the perspective of the three main Buddhist traditions
- The interface between Buddhist psychology and the western psychological traditions
- The social, cultural and ethical issues in the integration of Buddhism and Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness and its four foundations in psychotherapyÂ
- The awakening experiences of insight, compassion and equanimity
- Buddhism and Psychotherapy in specialised areas of therapeutic work such as body-based psychotherapy, working with addictions, and supporting clients with end-of-life issues
- The spiritual dimensions of therapy
- Buddhist informed relationship therapy
The course modules offer a balance of theoretical and experiential learning, using lectures, discussion, experiential and group processes, case presentations, supervision, contemplation and meditation practices. Throughout the modules and retreats students are instructed and supported to learn, deepen and refine personal meditation practices. The retreats in particular offer the opportunity to experience Buddhist teachings and practices in main lineages of Buddhist schools.
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Presenter / Provider:
Venerable Sujato, Mal Huxter, Wendy Smith, Subhana Barzaghi, Lizzie Turnbull, Geoff Dawson, Francine Bartlett, Patricia McLoughlin, Melinda Lake, Jeff Ward, Louise Fisher
Presenter Qualifications:
Modules are taught by an experienced multidisciplinary faculty, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and Buddhist monastics.Â
See our course prospectus on our website for full presenter biographies and further details: www.aabcap.org/training
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Registration Instructions:
Please register an expression of interest through our website: www.aabcap.org/training and we will be in touch regarding the application process and a course interview with the Director of Training.
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