Welcome
 
Seminar

  • power of mindfulness

    I believe each individual already has
    the wisdom and knowledge needed
    for their own well-being and healing.

    My role is to act as a guide
    along their journey.

    - DR. ANA BODNAR
    Clinical Psychologist, Yoga & Meditation Teacher

  • The Power of Mindfulness

    A dynamic 1-day workshop with inspirational guest speaker, Dr. Ana Bodnar, Registered Clinical Psychologist, and Meditation Teacher. Incorporating her passions for yoga, meditation and reflection, Ana's mindfulness psychological approaches to life's difficulties prove to be a powerful force in deepening personal and professional experiences. Ana will take participants through a step-by-step process of healing, renewal and connection to self.

  • Compassion Fatigue Seminar 2011 will focus on applied approaches and techniques as presented by Dr. Ana Bodnar, featuring:

    • Lecture
    • PowerPoint Presentations
    • Workshop-style Discussions among Participants
    • Self-care Practices, including:
      • Mindfulness Meditation
      • Self-Compassion Techniques

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    • Current Therapies
      • Mindfulness and Acceptance Based Approaches,
      • and other therapies highly applicable to addressing compassion fatigue and self-care.
    • Relevant Practices
      • taken from clinical Buddhist Psychology
      • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Techniques
Speaker

  • Ana Bodnar

    Dr. Ana Bodnar holds a Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Toronto and is a Registered Clinical Psychologist, whose studies included a variety of approaches, including psychoanalytic psychology, cognitive psychology, creative approaches as well as Psychosynthesis, a spiritually oriented psychology.

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  • She has been a Certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher for 20 years, has attended seminars with the Dalai Lama in Toronto and Dharamsala, India, and has studied with Zen Roshi Joan Halifax as well as teachers from other wisdom traditions. She continues to learn and develop her skills, incorporating her passion for meditation and reflection with her psychological approach in teaching and counselling work.

Agenda

  • MORNING Session


    07:30 - 08:30     Registration and Continental Breakfast
    08:30 - 08:45     Welcome and Opening Remarks
    08:45 - 10:30     Guest Speaker Dr. Ana Bodnar

    Introduction: What brings us together?
    • the work we do
    • the care we have for our clients
    • the importance of our work to us
    • the work stresses we might feel

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    10:30 - 10:45     Session Break
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    10:45 - 12:00

    PART 1: Vicarious Trauma
    What it is? How to identify it? What are the differences in experiences?

    PART 2: Compassion
    A review of compassion, the role of compassion in human experience, and the healing from trauma for the client. Compassion as a primary human value.


  • PART 3: Compassion Fatigue
    Discussion of compassion fatigue: what it is, how to identify in yourself, what leads to compassion fatigue.

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    12:00 - 12:45     Lunch Buffet   Intermission
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  • AFTERNOON Session


    12:45 - 14:00

    PART 4: Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care
    Overview of useful self-care methods when
    doing trauma work?


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    14:00 - 14:15     Session Break
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  • PART 5: Self-Compassion

    • Research and applied practices from the work of Dr. Kristiff Neff and Dr. Paul Gilbert
    • Self-Compassion Assessment
    • Development of Self-Compassion: Compassionate Mind Development

    14:15 - 15:45

    PART 6: Mindfulness Based Practices
    Compassion, self-compassion and self-care drawn from Buddhist Mindfulness Based Practices in the context of Buddhist psychology

    PART 7: Making a Self-Care Plan



  • 15:45 - 16:00

    Conclusion: Closing Remarks

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  • Wonderful conference!
    Very insightful!
    I will recommend this
    seminar to others!
  • My first seminar
    but it's not my last!
  • I felt all the people
    involved with registration,
    to waiting and serving
    were so nice
    and accommodating!
  • This is one conference I am
    sure I would attend next year
    – it is incredibly helpful!
    Wish it could monthly.
    Can't wait until next year!
  • What a great day!
    Speakers were great,
    food was great,
    great turn out
  • Invigorating day!
    Informative, inspiring workshop!
    Loved group discussions and
    the relaxed atmosphere.
  • I love coming every year.
  • I find it an important reminder:
    the value of self-help,
    self-care, self-awareness.

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