Group Sharing and Training in Leading-edge, Mind-body Healing Methods
with
Michael Mayer, Ph.D.
Sponsored by The Mindful Alliance Center
When: Ongoing Tuesday mornings (or agreed upon by the group)
Where: Exact Contra Costa Location in Lafayette will be given when you register
Fee: Each 1 and ½ hour group is $75
Register: Dr. Michael Mayer 510-849-2878, 925-623-3540; or Orinda Psychological Services 925-254-7913
In these difficult times in which we live, are you feeling anxiety, stress, and dealing with other related emotional issues? These issues can impact our relationships with others, our work, and our sense of Self. In this ongoing group we’ll build a sense of community as we share the trials and tribulations of our lives. In each group you’ll learn leading edge psycho-spiritual methods for coping with troubled times, such as:
- Mindfulness based stress reduction techniques
- Communication Methods: To work through issues with others, and to increase real contact by learning the four elements of constructive communication
- Utilize bodymind (somatic) approaches to regulate emotions
- Learn a narrative approach to work through your problems
* After the first group meeting, there is a 12 week commitment to insure group cohesion.
To get a sense of some of the practices that we may draw upon, please see Dr. Mayer’s publications:Trials of the Heart: Healing the Wounds of Intimacy (1996);Bodymind Healing Psychotherapy: Ancient Pathways to Modern Health (2007); Energy Psychology: Self Healing Practices for Bodymind Health (North Atlantic/Random House, 2009); and The Path of a Reluctant Metaphysician, Stories and Practices for Troubled Times (2012).
Michael Mayer, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and Tai Chi teacher. He presents his approach to bodymind healing at professional conferences, national/international workshops, universities, and hospitals. Dr. Mayer was a co-founding faculty member of John F. Kennedy University’s Transpersonal Psychology Program and he is a co-founder of, and a practitioner at, The Health Medicine Center, a multi-disciplinary medical clinic practicing integrative health-care. He is author of twenty publications on mind-body healing including six books. His Bodymind Healing Qigong DVD is being used in training of trauma therapists by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, Medical Director, The Trauma Center, Boston University School of Medicine.