21/07/2017 MBEB: Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Teacher Training Intensive

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MBEB: Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance

Teacher Training Intensive
April 9-15, 2017 • EarthRise Retreat Center, Petaluma, CA
Faculty: Margaret Cullen, MA, MFT and Gonzalo Brito Pons, Ph.D.

Registration & Fees

Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance (MBEB) is an empirically-supported 9-week psycho-

educational group intervention that teaches mindfulness meditation and emotion training.
Created by Margaret Cullen in 2007, MBEB adds key emotion components to the basic MBSR
curriculum creating an intervention that cultivates greater emotional ease and well-being
while also training in mindfulness fundamentals. Research outcomes for MBSR have
demonstrated positive improvements in physical and psychological symptoms, as well as
changes in health attitudes and behaviors. Additionally, MBEB has been speci cally shown to
reduce stress, depression and anxiety, and increase mindfulness, self-compassion and
personal growth in a series of randomized controlled trials with educators in Canada and the
US. This 6-day teacher training intensive will provide professionals the opportunity to study
and experience the foundational underpinnings, mindfulness meditations and speci c
exercises that are the framework of the MBEB program. The core themes/practices of the
program include:

Motivation, Values and Emotional Balance

Emotion Theory
Mindfulness of the Body
Mindfulness of Feelings
Mindfulness of Thoughts
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Exploring Forgiveness
Working with Anger
Cultivating Kindness
Working with Fear
Awakening Compassion
Diets of the Heart, Mind, and Body

Participants will experience the entire 36-hour program, including 5 hours of silent retreat.
There will also be 2 days of professional training, including group facilitation skills and practice
teaching. For those who wish to become certi ed to teach MBEB, individualized training will
be devised, depending on prior training and experience. This training will be made available,
whenever possible, via online individual and group meetings in order to minimize expense
and maximize ease and accessibility. MBEB can be taught alone as an alternative to MBSR, in
a 36-hour format, a 20-hour format or as a “graduate” program for people who have already
taken MBSR and want further training in secular mindfulness with an emphasis on emotional
balance.

Training

This 6-day training intensive is highly interactive. In the rst part of

the training, the entire MBEB program will be shared. In the second part of the training, there
will be opportunities to discuss the rationales, philosophy and pedagogy of the training itself.
At this time, individual certi cation plans will be devised. Inherent in this training is the
necessity of a personal mindfulness practice as a platform from which to teach. The delivery
of MBEB requires the teacher to teach from a personal integration of what it means to
embody a non-judgmental present moment focus with an understanding of how this
supports and strengthens such mind states as kindness, compassion and equanimity. This
training will provide the opportunity to strengthen these teacher competencies.

This teacher training intensive will integrate didactic and experiential teaching modules. The
curriculum includes both large and small group learning, with opportunity for role-play and
simulated patient-practitioner encounters. There will be daily meditation practice
yoga/mindful movement, and periods of silence. The ethical underpinnings of teaching MBEB
will be discussed.
This professional training will be led by Margaret Cullen and Gonzalo Brito Pons, who co-
authored “The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook” and together have decades
of experience creating, delivering, studying, and training teachers to teach MBI’s.

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Registration will be limited for this training in order to provide an environment that promotes
in depth learning in an atmosphere of intimacy and shared experience.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Articulate an understanding of the foundational principles of the MBEB program

Demonstrate the basic MBEB teaching skills
Describe the central role of mindfulness meditation practice for general wellness and self-care in the
regulation of emotions and behaviors
Communicate key concepts in emotion theory and the role that mindfulness plays in emotion
regulation
Articulate the rationale for a teacher’s ongoing mindfulness meditation practice in teaching MBEB

Faculty

Margaret Cullen and Gonzalo Brito Pons co-authored “The Mindfulness-Based Emotional
Balance Workbook: An Eight-Week Program for Improved Emotion Regulation and Resilience
“.

Margaret was among the rst ten people certi ed to teach MBSR and has
written numerous articles and chapters on mindfulness, is a licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist, a senior teacher and co-developer of the Cultivating Compassion Training (CCT) at
the Stanford School of Medicine and has extensive experience supervising and training
instructors to teach MBI’s, as well as creating and delivering MBI’s for numerous research
studies. She has taught MBI’s internationally, and to a wide range of populations including
cancer patients, physicians, educators, overweight women, HIV positive men, military spouses,
lawyers, and a variety of clinical populations.

Gonzalo is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked with diverse

populations in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Argentina. He now resides in Spain, where he teaches

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mindfulness and compassion-based training programs and maintains a private practice.

Gonzalo was trained at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research
and Education (CCARE), becoming the rst person certi ed to teach the Compassion
Cultivation Training Program (CCT) and to supervise the training of Spanish-speaking
instructors. He also completed a Post-Graduate Certi cate in Compassion Focused Therapy
(CFT) at the University of Derby (UK), under the supervision of Dr. Paul Gilbert. Besides the
MBEB Workbook, Gonzalo is also the co-author of the book (in Spanish) “Presencia Plena” (Full
Presence) and several other articles on mindfulness, compassion and psychology.

Target Audience

This 6-day teacher training intensive is primarily intended for professionals wishing to teach
MBEB. Those attending should be either professionals in a health or educational eld,
clinicians-in-training, or interested professionals who may not intend to deliver the
intervention directly but have other professional interests in the topic (i.e. researchers,
administrators, etc.). All participants should have at least a modest regular meditation
practice and an established practice is preferred. Training in MBSR is preferred, but not
necessary.

Participant Guidelines

It is our experience that successful delivery of MBEB requires facilitators to have a

commitment to an ongoing, daily mindfulness meditation practice. To this end we have
created recommendations for acceptance to this MBEB training.

Advanced degree or equivalent experience and training, or clinicians in training

Participation in an 8-week MBSR program
Experience facilitating group process
Personal daily meditation practice and/or a movement practice (yoga, qigong, tai chi)
Have attended a teacher-led silent mindfulness meditation retreat (click to be taken to a list of
meditation retreat centers that offer qualified retreats)

Will I be quali ed to teach MBEB after taking this training?

Feeling ready to teach MBEB raises a number of important questions.

We see this training as the rst step in your development as an MBEB teacher. As a result of
participating in this training you will leave with basic MBEB teaching skills. However, this
retreat training is not su cient for certi cation as an MBEB instructor. For those with
extensive prior MBSR experience, certi cation may simply involve teaching one course of
MBEB under supervision.

For others with less experience, other MBI teacher trainings may be combined with ongoing
training in MBEB in order to achieve certi cation. Again, this will be determined on a case-by-
case basis.

What can I say when I have attended this training?

After attending the training, you may state: “_____ (your name) has attended and completed
the 6-Day MBEB Teacher Training Intensive through the UCSD Mindfulness-Based
Professional Training Institute.”
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What can I do when I have completed this training?

Upon completion of this training, you have several options:

1. If qualified, you may enroll in the MBEB practicum and receive individual supervision towards
certification.
2. You may progress towards the practicum by pursuing additional MBI teacher training through a
variety of sources, including ongoing trainings by Margaret and Gonzalo.
3. You may simply choose to teach the entire MBEB program without certification.
4. You may take components of MBEB to add to an existing MBI or to teach as a “graduate” course to
your MBSR community.

Application Form

Upon submission of your registration, to be considered for this training, you will be required
to submit an online MBEB Teacher Training Intensive Application. The link to the application
form will be included in your con rmation email. Should your quali cations not be accepted
for admittance, a full refund will be granted.

Register Online

Accreditation

Psychologists: This program is sponsored by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC
San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological Association to
sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness
maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course o ers 34.0 hours of
credit.

California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs: This program is sponsored by UC San Diego
Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the
American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
34.0 contact hours may be applied to your license renewal through the California Board of
Behavioral Sciences. For those licensed outside California, please check with your local
licensing board to determine if APA accreditation meets their requirements.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency Statement

This activity is in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires continuing
medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the
subjects of cultural and linguistic competency. Cultural competency is de ned as a set of
integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enables health care professionals or
organizations to care e ectively for patients from diverse cultures, groups, and communities.
Linguistic competency is de ned as the ability of a physician or surgeon to provide patients
who do not speak English or who have limited ability to speak English, direct communication
in the patient’s primary language. Cultural and linguistic competency was incorporated into
the planning of this activity. Additional resources can be found on the UC San Diego CME
website.

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Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine to ensure balance,
independence, objectivity and scienti c rigor. All persons involved in the selection,
development and presentation of content are required to disclose any real or apparent
con icts of interest. All con icts of interest will be resolved prior to an educational activity
being delivered to learners through one of the following mechanisms: 1) altering the nancial
relationship with the commercial interest, 2) altering the individual’s control over CME content
about the products or services of the commercial interest, and/or 3) validating the activity
content through independent peer review. All persons are also required to disclose any
discussions of o label/unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Persons who refuse or fail to
disclose will be disquali ed from participating in the CME activity.

Tentative Schedule

Day One
Registration: 1:00 to 5:00 pm
Dinner: 5:30-6:30 pm
First Session: 6:45-8:45 pm

Day Seven
Session Ends: 12:00 noon

Required Reading

All books are available on our Amazon Bookshelf.

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and
Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman

The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook: An Eight-Week Program for Improved

Emotion Regulation and Resilience by Margaret Cullen and Gonzalo Brito Pons

A Contemplative Dialogue: The Inquiry Process in Mindfulness-Based Interventions (2016) by

Susan Woods, Patricia Rockman and Evan Collins

Suggested Reading

Teaching Mindfulness by Donald McCown, Diane Reibel and Marc S. Micozzi

A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives
by Thupten Jinpa

Frequently Asked Questions

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I am ying in for the training. What are my options and what do you recommend?
See our LOCATIONS page for details about travel to the retreat centers and preferred
airports. The UCSD Center for Mindfulness will set up a Ride Share Bulletin Board in
coordinating shuttle rides for those arriving by air at local airports.

What time should I plan to arrive? When do we nish?

We will begin checking people into the retreat at 1 pm on the rst day of the training.
However, it may be possible for you to arrive before 1pm and have access to your room. We
ask that you plan on arriving no later than 5pm so that we can begin with the full group in
attendance at dinnertime. We plan to end the retreat by 1:00 pm on the last day so please
plan your travel accordingly, using the time guidelines above. Sometimes situations arise in
which people have to leave the retreat earlier than noon on the last day but we strongly urge
you to avoid this if at all possible.

Is there wireless service/cellular phone use?

Please do not expect to get consistent, reliable wireless internet service while at the retreat
center. It is most advisable to leave your computer at home because of the retreat nature of
the training, however we recognize that sometimes computer use is a necessity. Most cellular
phones will work in this location. Again, however given the nature of the training there will be
limited opportunities to use them, so informing those who may need to contact you of these
limitations ahead of time will be helpful.

Is it possible to stay extra nights at the facility or arrive a day or two early?
The retreat center is often booked both right before and right after our training, so arriving
early or staying an extra night or two after the retreat is over is not likely to be a possibility.
You can of course arrange to stay at lodging near the retreat center if you would like to extend
your stay. Contact us directly at mindfulness@ucsd.edu to make such arrangements.

What do I need to bring?

If it is at all possible, please bring a meditation cushion (zafu) and a yoga mat. We will have a
few cushions but not enough to go around, so if you have one and can squeeze it into your
luggage or bring it as a carry-on please consider doing so. It is always advisable to check the
weather forecast prior to traveling, to help guide you in proper clothing choices.

The relatively remote location makes security a minor concern, but we do want people to
know that with shared sleeping quarters and very limited availability of keys to lock rooms, we
highly recommend leaving valuable items at home to reduce the possibility of anything being
lost or stolen. Certainly some of us will have vehicles where such items can be secured if this
is necessary.

What should I expect regarding the format of the training?

This training is taught in a retreat format, which means there is a great deal of mindfulness
practice embedded in the training, and we want to reiterate that now so you are not surprised
when you get here. The venue very much facilitates this format; we will will meet, eat and be
housed in a relatively secluded area. There are no other large groups planned in the center
that week so it should be relatively quiet and secluded. The rooms are clean and comfortable,
but not by any means luxurious.

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What should I read prior to arriving?

Check the “Schedule and Required Reading” page of the speci c training you are registered to
attend.

What if I require some special accommodations or have dietary restrictions?

While you are asked to note speci c food restrictions on your registration application, if there
are any additional food or medical concerns we should be aware of please let us know of
these in advance so we may assist you.

Registration Fees

April 9-15, 2017 • EarthRise Retreat Center, Petaluma, CA

Early-Bird Rate
$100 “Early-Bird Discount” if you register and pay On or Before On or After
in full on or before February 9, 2017. February 9, 2017 February 10, 2017
Registration $1095 $1195
Room and Board Single Occupancy $1275 $1275
Room and Board Double Occupancy $955 $955

1. Registration fee does not include standard room and board charge.
2. Upon submission of your registration your application will be reviewed for prerequisites and you will
be contacted when it has been formally accepted.

Register OnlineMake a payment or Change your registration

Partial Payments

Partial payments are acceptable; however a non-refundable and non-transferable minimum

deposit is due upon registration.

Please be aware that the early-bird rate is available for all participants who register and pay
their balance in full by the early-bird deadline (see registration information above). All early-
bird rate participants who have a remaining balance on or after the early-bird deadline will
have their fees automatically adjusted to the General Session Rate.

All remaining balances must be paid in full 30 days prior to the start of the training or your
registration will be cancelled for non-payment and you will not be permitted to attend.

Cancellation Policy

A refund (minus your $300 non-refundable and non-transferable deposit) will be made for
cancellations submitted in writing 30 days prior to the training. No refunds will be allowed
after that date.

In the unlikely event that the course is cancelled, UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is
responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee and not for transportation, hotel
accommodations or any miscellaneous expenses.

Required Application Form

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Upon submission of your registration, you will be required to ll out an online MBEB Training

Application. The link to the application form will be included in your con rmation email.

Your application for this training will not be taken under consideration until the application
form has been received. Should your quali cations not be accepted for admittance, a full
refund will be granted.

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San Diego, CA 92122-0980
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