Wellness-Oriented Mindfulness Interventions with Children and Youth 

PROFESSIONAL PASTORAL COUNSELING INSTITUTE
presents
A workshop for
Professional Counselors,
Social Workers and Marriage and
Family Therapists
which has the great advantage of being local and inexpensive, and in an intimate and comfortable space, limited to seventeen participants, which allows a great deal of interaction, conversation and experiential learning.

Critical to effective mindfulness interventions is the recognition that mindfulness is simple, but it's not easy.  It's a practice that is not always comfortable but is central to developing emotional resiliency for the challenges of life. When guiding mindfulness experiences for children, therapists let go of therapeutic agenda to fully model "non-judging witness" and allow the child to be expert in their experience.  In this workshop, the therapist will learn simple guidelines to create an effective container for the practice, while developing a very full tool box for reengaging mindful presence and the child's "why." Do WE know how to be playfully heart-connected? Curious? Trusting? Can we let THEM lead the way?

OBJECTIVES:
 1)  Attendees will adapt and explain basic models of the triune brain and the fight/flight/freeze response in explanations of mindfulness that educate and empower youth to practice self-care.
 2)  Attendees will learn to survey for strengths, special interests, and learner styles to develop mindfulness scripts that work.
 3)  Attendees will name key strategies of mindful movement to effectively engage children in self-awareness, self-calming, and "quick turnaround" techniques.
 4)  Attendees will discuss methods of query that aid children in noticing and describing their mindful experiences while modeling non-judging acceptance, a key component of mindfulness.
 5)  Attendees will practice creating and leading engaging mindfulness experiences for young children and youth.

Facilitator:  Renee A. Groenemann, MA, LPC, NCC, C-IAYT, CHt
Renee is a mental health counselor, life coach and yoga therapist. She
earned her Masters in Mental Health Counseling from the University of
Cincinnati and co-founded a local yoga and wellness community.  She has
turned her attention to her private practice, Spirit(ed) Growth, where she
specializes in trauma recovery, anxiety, grief, and resiliency building
using concepts in mindfulness, somatics, EMDR, neuroscience, and positive psychology.  She is a Certified Connected Kids Tutor and teaches and promotes mindfulness skills for "gifted and anxious" or twice exceptional youth.  She teaches health professionals on a local and international level, and is on faculty for Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, where she guides mental health professionals in the integration of somatic mindfulness techniques
into the counseling process.

3 CE hours for Licensed Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists

$60 for Licensed Counselors
$48 for Clergy and Students
10% Discount for 3 or more from one agency 

CSWMFT Board Approval #MCST031811

Walk-ins and unpaid registrants are welcome, but admission cannot be guaranteed as seating is limited.

Because of the small size of our seminars, we cannot offer refunds, however we may be able to offer participation in a future workshop. If you have to cancel, please contact us immediately since we often have a waiting list.

If the workshop is full, and you would like to be put on a waiting list, send an email including the name and date of the workshop and your name and phone number to info@pastoral-counseling.org