Mindfulness 101: Experiencing Your Mind and the Neurology Behind It

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  • Author
    Scott Palasik, Ph.D.
  • Level
    Beginners
  • CEU
    2 hours
  • Video time
    2:00 hours
  • Exams
     questions
  • Language
    English
  • Audience
    Speech-Language Pathologists, Psychologists, Counselors

Learn a new way to help your clients who stutter

In this webinar you will learn about Mindfulness. What is Mindfulness? It is defined as the process of paying attention:
   1) on purpose
   2) in the present moment
   3) non-judgmentally

The practice of mindfulness has been shown to physically increase brain densities of brain structures in areas of self-awareness and compassion while decreasing brain densities in areas of anxiety.

What are YOU going to learn today?

  1. Define ‘mindfulness’ 
  2. Summarize one current finding regarding the ways in which mindfulness physically changes the brain
  3. Describe three ways to implement mindfulness into therapy sessions with people who have communication disorders

Scott Palasik, Ph.D.

Speech-Language Pathologist and founding partner of 3C Digital Media Network
About
Scott values compassion and kindness toward himself and others. He values honesty and the power of creative expression. With these core values, Scott chose to pursue a life of helping others with communication disorders as a skilled Speech-Language Pathologist.
As a person who stutters, Scott has seen the ups and downs of struggling with daily communication and what comes with trying to manage the negative perceptions both internally and externally about communication disorder.
With 3C, Scott hopes to spread the idea that we can all support each other with education, collaboration of ideas, and to help us all build social capital for an accepting and caring community of communicators.