Take Charge of Anxiety and Stress!
This workshop series is both in-person and on Zoom.
Thursday, October 3rd (6:30 to 7:30 pm EST / 8:00 to 9:00 pm NST) and Thursdays, October 10th to November 7th (6:30 to 8:00 pm EST / 8:00 to 9:30 pm NST)
Andrew Safer has been presenting 6-, 8-, and 12-week workshop series on “Anxiety, Stress & Mindfulness” multiple times each year since 2013, mostly to small groups.
Representative participant comments from a 12-week group:
Further participant reflections:
- “Mindfulness helps me experience fear and anxiety without getting paralyzed.”
- “I have changed my view of anxiety. Now I can more easily recognize negative thoughts as just thoughts and stop them from escalating.”
In this workshop series, you will learn:
- To relate to anxiety in a healthy way
- How we create our own stress, and what we can do about it
- To get to know your own mind!
- How to interrupt the cycle that fuels anxiety and depression
- Ways we sabotage ourselves, and how self-kindness can help
Session topics include:
- How Mindfulness Works with Anxiety and Stress
- Getting to Know Anxiety Instead of Running Away From It
- Being Present, and Mindfulness in Everyday Life
- Stress: Exploring Thoughts and Beliefs
- Birthright of Goodness
- Upending Self-Sabotage Through Self-Kindness
Extension:
Participants who would like to continue are invited to attend 3 more sessions:
- Rumination: Interrupt!
- Focus and the Big Picture
- Fear and Fearlessness
What happens during the sessions?
- Check-in
- Instruction and guidance in mindfulness and mindfulness-awareness practices and exercises
- Presentation on the day’s topic
- Discussion / Q&A
- Note: Links to relevant articles and videos will be sent in between sessions
- A copy of Safer’s book, Anxiety, Stress & Mindfulness, is given to each participant at the outset.
Cost & Schedule:
Introductory session Thursday, October 3rd: 1 hr.; No cost.
5 Thursday evenings, October 10th through November 7th,To 6:30 to 8:00 pm EST (8:00 to 9:30 pm NST)
$195 (Can.), or by arrangement.
Extension:
3 Thursday evenings (same time) November 14th through November 28th
$103 (Can.)
To Register, Click Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QJMDZixMCypgRGXOToh_xeY_Pr1FeDzaoMbXY6e6xLY/edit
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Outcomes
Outcomes for five groups (40 people) were presented at Memorial University’s Discipline of Psychiatry’s Annual Research and Awards Day in June 2016 (see back half of presentation below)…
Dr. Martha Traverso and Andrew Safer co-authored and presented this article at a conference in Toronto: