Training with the Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness

For people who are interested in developing the skills to teach mindfulness to others, have completed a recognised 8-week mindfulness course such as MBCT or MBCT for Life and have an established personal mindfulness practice.  If you are interested in training to teach but have not yet completed an eight-week course, please contact us so we can recommend a suitable 8-week course. 

2023: Introductory day. Orientation. Context of the training. Historical over-view of MBCT. Group reflections - ‘What brings us here?’

20 January 2023: Teach-backs: Identifying the aims and steps in key mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices in MBCT. Breaking these down and beginning to teach these to fellow trainees in pairs and small groups. We will start with the practices and exercises in session 1, gradually working through the 8-week course content.

27 January 2023: Teach-backs: Identifying the aims and steps in key mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices in MBCT. Breaking these down and beginning to teach these to fellow trainees in pairs and small groups. We will start with the practices and exercises in session 1, gradually working through the 8-week course content.

3 February 2023: Teach-backs: Identifying the aims and steps in key mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices in MBCT. Breaking these down and beginning to teach these to fellow trainees in pairs and small groups. We will start with the practices and exercises in session 1, gradually working through the 8-week course content.

10 February 2023: Teach-backs: Identifying the aims and steps in key mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices in MBCT. Breaking these down and beginning to teach these to fellow trainees in pairs and small groups. We will start with the practices and exercises in session 1, gradually working through the 8-week course content.

24 February 2023: Teach-backs: Identifying the aims and steps in key mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices in MBCT. Breaking these down and beginning to teach these to fellow trainees in pairs and small groups. We will start with the practices and exercises in session 1, gradually working through the 8-week course content.

3 March 2023: Teach-backs: Identifying the aims and steps in key mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices in MBCT. Breaking these down and beginning to teach these to fellow trainees in pairs and small groups. We will start with the practices and exercises in session 1, gradually working through the 8-week course content.

10 March 2023: Teach-backs: Identifying the aims and steps in key mindfulness and cognitive therapy practices in MBCT. Breaking these down and beginning to teach these to fellow trainees in pairs and small groups. We will start with the practices and exercises in session 1, gradually working through the 8-week course content.

17 March 2023: Day of Silent Practice at Hexgreave Hall. An opportunity to deepen your personal practice.

24 March 2023 – Individual consultation – Online - An opportunity to meet with a teacher individually. We will offer guidance and support with your mindfulness-based development, within a personal and professional context.

31 March 2023: The Buddhist Foundations of MBCT. During this day we will explore the four foundations of mindfulness and other elements of Buddhism which have informed the core aspects of Mindfulness Based Cognitive therapy. We will combine theory with personal engagement and refection.

21 April 2023: Enquiry Workshop. Learning to lead discussions and enquiries in MBCT can be a challenging aspect of the programme. This workshop focuses on understanding and implementing different and effective approaches in this important area.

24 April – 28 April 2023 – Five-day Silent online Retreat - This retreat will provide a rich opportunity to deepen our personal engagement with mindfulness practice. The days will be mostly held in silence, however, there will be opportunities to talk with the teachers and be guided and supported throughout the time.

5 May 2023: Group Teaching Skills: Developing and practising the skills required for teaching groups for participants.

12 May 2023: Cognitive Therapy in MBCT: Workshop focusing on the CBT aspects and underpinnings of MBCT.

19 May 2023: MBITAC: Exploration of evaluation tools including the Mindfulness Based Intervention Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBITAC) in development of MBCT teaching skills.

26 May 2023: Group Teaching: During group teaching sessions trainees lead each other through the MBCT programme in small groups. Starting with session 1 and working through the 8-week course.

9 June 2023: Group Teaching: During group teaching sessions trainees lead each other through the MBCT programme in small groups. Starting with session 1 and working through the 8-week course.

16 June 2023: Group Teaching: During group teaching sessions trainees lead each other through the MBCT programme in small groups. Starting with session 1 and working through the 8-week course.

23 June 2023: Group Teaching: During group teaching sessions trainees lead each other through the MBCT programme in small groups. Starting with session 1 and working through the 8-week course.

30 June 2023: Day of Silent Practice at Hexgreave Hall. An opportunity for you to lead a practice as part of the silent day as well as deepening your own personal practice whilst being led by others.

7 July 2023: Bringing MBCT to your Population: Outlining principals to consider when working with different populations.

14 July 2023: Assessment and Orientation to MBCT: Considerations in assessing participants and orientating them to MBCT is discussed and key themes to include identified. Including trauma sensitive mindfulness.

21 July 2023: Reflections, Endings and Next Steps: Trainees will present their experience of mindfulness and training to small groups in an opportunity to reflect on experience of training as an MBCT teacher. Time will be given to consider next steps.

During this period trainees will be provided with supervision for two MBCT courses that they teach. Supervision will be provided by an experienced MBCT supervisor/trainer. Trainees will receive four hours of supervision for each eight-week course. Supervision will take place at Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness or online

On completion of the second MBCT course the trainee and supervisor will meet for a tutorial to consider strengths, learning needs and next steps for future MBCT teaching development. Support will be provided in applying for Listing with the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches*.

*BAMBA Registration: Mindfulness-based teachers who have undergone sufficient training and are able to demonstrate adherence to the Good Practice Guidelines are eligible to be included on the BAMBA Register of mindfulness-based teachers.

The BAMBA Register provides clarity for those wishing to attend a mindfulness-based course that teachers identified on this have been through a process of assessment to ensure they adhere to minimum standards. This process recognises the importance of developing and maintaining standards in teaching MBIs and provides assurance that practitioners who are Register adhere to these standards in their teaching.

Dr Tim Sweeney

Tim Sweeney is a mental health nurse and accredited CBT therapist, completing his Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy at Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre in 2006. He is an experienced MBCT teacher and trainer and is employed in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as the clinical lead for MBCT. This post involves coordinating and delivering training and supervision of MBCT to IAPT and Secondary Care staff, who work with people experiencing a diverse range of health problems.

Tim has run MBCT groups in primary care and specialist mental health services since 2008 for people with depression and other mental health problems. In 2016 he completed a PhD with the University of Nottingham focusing on the relationship between mindfulness and depression. Tim is also an associate teacher & trainer with the University of Oxford’s Mindfulness Centre and is a tutor for the Masters degree in MBCT. He has extensive experience of MBCT training and supervision both in the UK and internationally. He was the chair of the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches in 2018-19.

 

Liz Garner

Liz is a Mindfulness Teacher and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at the Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness. She also works at the Nottingham Psychotherapy Unit offering Mentalisation Based pre therapy interventions to patients within Step 4 services. Liz worked in Community Mental Health Teams for 20 years. She completed her MBCT training at NCM in 2012 and facilitated MBCT groups for patients with recurrent depression in AMH for 8 years prior to her current role. She teaches on the MBCT Foundation Training and MBCT for IAPT Training. She has also been involved in creating the Mindfulness for staff wellbeing service. She is an experienced MBCT supervisor.

 

Sonia Moratto

Sonia is an Occupational Therapist with extensive mental health experience. She has a Master’s degree in Teaching Mindfulness- based Approaches via Bangor University. She continues to maintain contact with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor.

Sonia works within Nottinghamshire NHS Trust as a Mindfulness-based Advanced Practitioner. She has taught MBCT in secondary mental healthcare, since 2007. She is a trainer within the Trust’s MBCT Supervised Pathway and a mindfulness- based supervisor.

Sonia is interested in the breadth of mindfulness- based teachings and how they can be applied both therapeutically and in a wider social context.

 

Kate Feenan

Kate began practising meditation in 1997, she trained as a mindfulness teacher in 2014 and is now an experienced MBCT teacher. She is employed in Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust as a Mindfulness Based Teaching Practitioner and works with the Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness. This post involves delivering training and supervision of MBCT to trainees as well as providing mindfulness groups and workshops for staff wellbeing. Kate also provides MBCT groups for specialist mental health services, she is a registered general and mental health nurse and has a Masters’ degree in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, she continues to work as a BABCP accredited psychotherapist across a range of clinical presentations in secondary care adult mental health services. 

 

Jake Dartington

Jake Dartington has been practising meditation since 1995 and completed a three-year training to lead retreats with Christina Feldman.

Since 2007, he has led silent retreats at Gaia House, where he is a member of the Teacher Council. He has also trained to teach MBSR and MBCT with Bangor University (TTR 1 and 2). Jake is a retreat leader with the UK Network of Mindfulness teachers and also teaches with Bodhi College, London Insight Meditation and other organisations throughout the UK.

Since 2012, he has taught eight-week mindfulness courses for the general public in Nottingham and has also led training in a range of organisations. A former college teacher, Jake has a master’s degree in philosophy and Buddhist Studies.  

 

Zena Hawkyard

Zena is a Mental Health Nurse employed by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; currently she is working as a Mindfulness Based Teaching Practitioner with the Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness. Zena completed her MBCT training in 2013 and since then has successfully facilitated client groups for people experiencing recurrent depression within secondary care community services. In addition to running clinical groups Zena has delivered MBCT for staff groups within the Trust to support personal wellbeing.

Most recently, Zena has joined the Centre for Mindfulness as part of the Nottinghamshire Wellbeing HUB for health and social care staff. This role includes delivering MBCT, wellbeing workshops and mindfulness interventions to staff within the NHS and external organisations.

As well as her mindfulness work, Zena continues to work as a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner for Nottinghamshire Mentalization Based Treatment Service, this is a community service offering individual assessments and group therapy for people with complex personality difficulties.

 

Joanne Lee

Jo is the Secretary for the Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness. She attained an NVQ Level 3 in Business Studies in 2013 and has twenty-four years’ service within the NHS. She is the Team’s Course Administrator and Organiser for MBCT Courses.

 

 

 Hexgreave
 Farnsfield
 Nottinghamshire
 NG22 8LS
 www.hexgreave.com
 

 

 The Institute of Mental Health (Jubilee   Campus)
 University of Nottingham Innovation Park
 Triumph Road
 Nottingham
 NG7 2TU
 www.institutemh.org.uk

 

The cost of the course is £3,000.

The Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness do offer a payment plan option for course fees. This is available on request. A deposit is required to secure your place on the course.

For further information, or to apply for the training please contact:

Joanne Lee, MBCT Secretary, or Liz Garner, Mindfulness-based Practitioner

Nottingham Centre for Mindfulness
St. Ann's House
114 Thorneywood Mount
Nottingham
NG3 2PZ

Telephone: 0115 8440535
Email: mindfulness@nottshc.nhs.uk