Certificate in Mindfulness Practice (CIMP)
Offered by Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)
This is a comprehensive professional development program designed to assist helping professionals integrate mindfulness practice into their client work.
The course will help learners develop their understanding of how mindfulness became the phenomenon it is in the West today, and the key processes and concepts that underlie it. Participants will explore how a personal mindfulness practice can be developed, consider the research into the effects of mindfulness in various contexts and among different groups, and how different professionals have integrated mindfulness into their practice approaches.
The course covers:
- Professional practice considerations
- A ‘nuts and bolts’ guide to using mindfulness in client sessions
- Helping clients develop a personal mindfulness practice beyond the helping context
- The major therapies that have integrated mindfulness
