SESSIONS EVERY WEEKDAY
Guest Speaker Event: Letting the light in: using mindfulness to reconnect with positive emotion and build wellbeing
Evening Event
Description
The predominant focus of mindfulness-based approaches to date has been supporting individuals to manage challenging situations, so that negative emotions do not escalate out of control and skilful life choices can be made.
There is now increasing interest in using mindfulness techniques to also help individuals make the most of life opportunities, so that positive emotions and broader wellbeing (pleasure, meaning and social connection) can be enhanced.
This talk will introduce ways mindfulness-based treatments are being adapted to also build positive emotions and wellbeing, including how they are translating findings from basic science and other treatment approaches.
The talk will be delivered by Barney Dunn and Megan Colletta from the Mood Disorders Centre, University of Exeter (which runs a clinic and range of research trials of mindfulness and other approaches that aim to build wellbeing in clinical populations).
This guest talk is free to access and is open to everyone with a general interest in this topic.
Follow on workshop
For mindfulness teachers who’d like to explore this topic further, Barney and Megan will be leading a two-session workshop on Mondays 17th and 24th June from 0900 – 1300 in the morning, UK time. The workshop is relevant to clinicians and non-clinicians offering mindfulness-based interventions. Applications for the workshop close on 9th June. Find out more about the workshop by clicking here
What will I do on this course?
It will comprise an informative talk and may include light mindfulness practice.Learning Outcomes
This session provides an opportunity to learn more about how to enhance positive emotions and broader wellbeingAbout the Teachers
Barney Dunn
Barney is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Exeter Mood Disorders Centre. He received his Phd from the University of Cambridge in 2001 and his doctorate in clinical psychology from University College London 2004. Barney completed his CBT training at the Beck Institute in Philadelphia and is BABCP accredited. He also has experience of range of other therapeutic modalities including mindfulness, CAT and DBT. He leads a research programme aiming to understanding and learn how to enhance wellbeing and positive affect in clinical and non-clinical populations and has developed Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) as a novel treatment to do so. He has a particular interest in building positivity in ‘hard to treat’ depression. He co-directs the AccEPT clinic at the University of Exeter, a clinic that offers individual and group (including MBCT-D and MBCT-L) treatments for clinical groups and public sector staff groups. He is a regular trainer and supervisor in approaches related to CBT.
Megan Colletta
Megan is a clinical research therapist at the University of Exeter Mood Disorder Centre and High Intensity CBT therapist for Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust. She received her MSW from the University of California, Berkeley in Community Mental Health in 2008, training in integrative psychotherapy, and specialized in CBT for complex PTSD at the Department of Veteran's Affairs. Megan has a passion for providing integrative, evidence-based therapy and is trained Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy teacher.
