Mindfulness & Compassion for Mental Health Professionals

A six week online course, to support you in bringing mindfulness and compassion into your one to one work with clients.

Facilitated by Dr Tony Bates, Prof Brendan Kelly, Erica Balfour, Rachel Ardagh and Barry Lee (from the Mindfulness & Compassion Centre)

Dates: Thursday evenings (18th September 2025 – 23rd October 2025)

Time 6.30 pm – 9.00 pm

About the course:

· Experience a variety of different mindfulness and compassion practices, drawing from a range of evidence based mindfulness and compassion programmes (MBSR, MBCT, MSC, MBCL, MBRP, CFT and more).

· Learn how mindfulness and compassion can support us as therapists while in the therapeutic space, sustain us in our work and help mitigate against secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue.

· Learn how to skilfully bring elements of trauma informed mindfulness and compassion into your work with clients.

· Learn a variety of simple practices, tools and models that can be helpful in one to one work with clients.

· Learn some of the “dos and don’ts” of using mindfulness to help clients ground.

· Learn the importance of language when guiding others in mindfulness practices.

· How embodying mindfulness and compassion can facilitate deeper work and healing in our clients.

· Learn how to adapt mindfulness for neurodiverse clients (emphasis on autism and ADHD).

· Learn about the types of clinical situations, when mindfulness is not helpful and may cause harm.

· In order to effectively teach or share mindfulness and compassion with clients, the therapist or clinician must embody the practice deeply themselves. A purely cognitive understanding is not enough. Over these six weeks, you will be encouraged and supported to develop your own personal practice – 30 day mindfulness & compassion challenge,

CPD Hours: 10 Hours awarded 

For further information - https://www.mindfulness.ie/professional-training/cpd/mindfulness-compassion-for-mental-health-professionals

Website: www.mindfulness.ie    Email: info@mindfulness.ie 

Disclaimer: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on the IACP website event calendar, the IACP cannot accept any responsibility or liability for information provided by outside organisation. The views expressed in presentations made at this event are those of the event organiser / speaker and not, necessarily, of the IACP. Presentations at this event do not constitute an endorsement  of the IACP regarding organiser’s or speaker’s views, products or services.

Quick Downloads

• Direct Debit Form
• Annual CPD Log - Fillable
• Expenses Claim Form
• Data Protection Policy
• IACP Privacy Statement