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Cultivating an Environment of Sanity: A Contemplative Approach

Jeremy Andersen, LMHC
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Define "basic sanity" according to contemplative psychology.

  • Summarize the importance of felt safety in therapy with individuals recovering from extreme states.

  • List the 3 aspects of "environment" that impact our felt sense of safety.

  • Explain the relationship between self-regulation, co-regulation, and the felt sense of safety in the therapeutic relationship.

  • Describe the fried egg metaphor for skillfully navigating safety and challenge in therapeutic work.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to offer participants a contemplative approach to cultivating safety, connection and growth in therapy for people experiencing acute and extreme states of mental health.

Description

This workshop introduces a contemplative, recovery-oriented approach to supporting individuals experiencing acute and extreme states of mental health, also known as "extreme states of mind". Through didactic instruction and experiential learning, participants will explore the concept of an “environment of sanity” and examine how the inner, outer, and relational dimensions of environment can contribute to safety, recovery, and psychological well-being.

Participants will consider practical ways to mindfully attend to these dimensions of environment to foster safety, connection, openness, and resilience while supporting an individual’s innate capacity for healing and recovery. Using the metaphor of a well-tended garden, the workshop emphasizes how intentional, supportive environments can create conditions in which a person’s inherent strengths, adaptive capacities, and sense of wholeness can emerge and develop.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Jeremy Andersen, LMHC
Jeremy Andersen is the Education Director and a Senior Clinician at WIndhorse Integrative Mental Health in Northampton, MA. Jeremy grew up in Virginia in the northern region of the Shenandoah Valley. He received an MA in Integral Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies and a CAGS in Psychology and Counseling from Union Institute and University. Jeremy has received in-depth training in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP Level 2), Hakomi (Level 1), Polyvagal Theory (former Senior Trainer for Deb Dana's Rhythm of Regulation program), Contemplative Psychotherapy, Gestalt Therapy, and other experiential approaches. He has been practicing meditation since 1997 and offering meditation instruction since 2006.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Windhorse Integrative Mental Health