Mindfulness Training for Psychotherapeutic Care

The topics covered in the sessions are: Week 1: Introduction to mindfulness and attention to breathing. Week 2. Open awareness of bodily sensations. Week 3: Work with thoughts, introductory theory and practice in attention to sounds. Week 4: Working with thoughts, advanced theory and practice in mental landscape. Week 5: Introductory theory and practice in labeling emotions. Session 6: Advanced theory in working with emotions and practice in difficult emotions. Week 7: Introductory theory on self-compassion and compassion. Practice in self-compassion. Week 8: Practice in compassion and active compassion (acts of kindness and shared humanity).

Free observation of the psychotherapist's own feelings, thoughts, distractions, biases and behavior in general for 8 weeks. Observations of these variables are recorded during psychotherapy sessions with patients participating in the research.