Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention
MBRP combines research-supported and clinically-proven methods, combining Relapse Prevention Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which is the work of Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
MBRP is a structured series of sessions with specific content and each session teaches mindfulness meditation, breathing, and cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention strategies and techniques that quickly and reliably allow one to access a calm body and quiet mind.
Each session also includes Relapse Prevention Therapy, a cognitive-behavioral approach that focuses on skills training for successful change in dealing with urges, cravings, and internal and external triggers. External triggers can often be simply avoided once they are identified, but internal triggers, such as negative mood states must be skillfully worked with as they arise, since they can’t simply be escaped. RPT teaches skills for dealing with both, and mindfulness itself is an effective practice for coping with internal triggers.
The course aims to support your sobriety. You can cultivate a radically transformed perspective, to allow you to realistically face sobriety, rather than practice “white-knuckle” abstinence. Participants will be expected to practice the skills at home between sessions, and will be given instructional CD’s to support their home practice.
More Mindfulness-Based Programmes
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a participant-centred approach to stress management and is to date, the most successful and well-researched stress reduction programme worldwide.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
MBCT is designed to help people who suffer repeated bouts of depression and chronic unhappiness. Research suggests this program is also effective in preventing depression relapse.
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Other Mindfulness-Based Approaches
A mix of trainings, courses and retreats which have mindfulness as a foundation and are informed by the ethics and ethos of this approach, used in varied and diverse settings.
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Mindfulness-Based Corporate Programmes
Programmes that cultivate healthier, conscious, and compassionate working environments. Helping employees and teams feel more connected; nurturing them to grow and thrive at work.
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Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain
These programmes introduce mindfulness and meditation to individuals with chronic pain, guided by health professionals experienced in pain management.
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Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) is an eight-week series of two-hour sessions, developed specifically for people recovering from alcohol, drug & process addictions.
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Mindfulness-Based Eating
Our relationship to food is a central one that reflects our attitudes toward our environment and ourselves. Mindfulness-based interventions are particularly well suited to addressing disordered eating behaviours.
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Mindful Self-Compassion
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teaches simple effective skills and develops emotional strength to meet life’s challenges with kindness instead of blaming, shaming or criticizing ourselves.
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Mindfulness for Healthcare Professionals
Medical staff are becoming increasingly aware of the need to stop and care for themselves in the midst of the daily work stress. Mindfulness-informed practices can create islands of quiet to restore and heal.