• Reduce feelings of stress and emotional overwhelm.
• Have more space to choose your reactions more wisely.
• Handle difficult events with a lot more ease.
• Let go after your work is over and relax more easily.
• Maintain a healthy work-life balance and find the best ways to take care of yourself.
• Work more effectively with your clients through being more focused and aware, listening more deeply and handling difficult behaviours more easily.
• Have a basic mindfulness toolkit you can offer to your clients (where applicable), such as awareness of emotions, breath meditation and more.

The workshop will include the following meditations and skills:

• awareness and understanding of the causes of stress and how to reduce it
• everyday mindfulness tools and practices to do at work and at home
• breath meditation
• walking meditation
• self-compassion and loving kindness meditation
• mindfulness of emotions
• mindful listening and communicating
• mindful movement (gentle yoga)

In the workshop you’ll receive a workbook with full workshop notes and a journal to use at home. You’ll receive audio guided meditations to take home and continue to practice, as well as a Reminder Wallcard and further reading. After the workshop you’ll receive an email course which will help you to implement what you have learnt at the workshop to bring ease into your everyday working life. You’ll also be invited to future Retreat Days and online meditation sessions.

This workshop does not just end when you go home from the workshop! We support you to keep practicing and really make mindfulness part of your lifestyle. 

Your trainer on the day will be Suzie Brown – she draws on her training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and many years of Insight meditation practice to offer this experiential workshop. Read more about Suzie here.

The workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK IN FOR THE WORKSHOP

What Past Participants said:

Practicing mindfulness after doing the workshop has made a huge difference to my ability to interact positively with my work day. The work and expectations remain unchanged, and yet my responses to these stressors are now calm, positive and clear. I feel I have more space in my mind to think clearly and objectively about how I approach my day. This has also been applied to my personal life. Highly recommended!! Thank you Suzie:) – Jocelyn

I found the Helping Professions workshop extremely valuable in helping me to improve my work and home life. I now have the ability to be in the moment more at work which has increased my job satisfaction. I find it easier to switch off from work when I’m at home and I have learned not only how to take better care of myself but also how important this is to my own health and wellbeing. Thank you Suzie for supporting me to learn these skills! – Alicia

I found the Mindfulness for the Helping Professions workshop very valuable – all too often we forget to take the time to nurture ourselves, and this was a great way to learn new meditations and other tools. Thanks Suzie! ~ Mandy

HOW TO BOOK

Just go to this booking page and you can book in and pay online with a credit card. If you instead require an invoice for your workplace to pay for the training, we are happy to provide this – please contact us to book in and arrange it. Your workplace can then pay by EFT or their preferred payment method.

If you have any questions please call Suzie Brown on 0419 002 606 or email suzie@avistamindfulness.com.au.

* Some limited scholarship places are available at a reduced fee for students and low income people – contact us for more information.

For Social Workers: This workshop is a Continuing Professional Development endorsed workshop with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). The workshop is worth 6 hours of CPD and there is a discount price for members.

For Midwives: This workshop is a Continuing Professional Development endorsed workshop with the Australian College of Midwives (ACM). The workshop is worth 6 hours of CPD and there is a discount price for members.

PLEASE NOTE: this workshop is not suitable for those suffering acute depression, psychotic episodes or PTSD. If you’re unsure whether it’s right for you please call Suzie on 0419 002 606 to discuss and/or seek advice from your psychologist or psychiatrist before booking in.