MBSR Eğitmenliği Programı

About The Course

MBSR and MBCT, the first generation Mindfulness-based programmes, are evidence-based Mindfulness practices. MBSR Trainer aims to provide the necessary knowledge and experience to become a trainer of this programme.

About the International Validity of the Programme

MBSR Trainer Training, organised by Mindfulness Institute, is a training in accordance with the internationally accepted training standards published in 2017 by the ‘International Mindfulness Interventions Network’, which was formed by mindfulness trainers worldwide.

CFM (Centre for Mindfulness - UMASS) 2017 revised curriculum is implemented.

The Mindfulness Institute trainer programme is under the roof of MINDED (Mindfulness Trainers Association of Turkey), which is a member of EAMBA (The European Network of Associations of Mindfulness Based Approaches, the organisation that gathers mindfulness trainers associations in Europe under one roof).

The Mindfulness Institute meets the level 2 instructor qualification criteria (over 240 hours) in the MBI-TAC instructor qualification criteria used as MBSR / MBCT Teacher Training Evaluation Criteria at Oxford and Bangor Universities in the UK.

General Information About the Programme

Mindfulness Institute Trainer Programme consists of 250 hours.

The prerequisite of the programme is to have completed the 8-week MBSR or MBCT programme before the programme.

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The language of the programme is mostly English. The parts of the sessions given by foreign trainers will be translated simultaneously by a professional translator.

The quota of the programme is limited.

About Retreat

In order to complete the trainer training, it is necessary to have attended 6 full days of mindfulness silence retreats face-to-face.

Mindfulness Institute organises a 6-day silence retreat every year for the trainer programme. This is subject to an extra fee. Since the fee is related to the number of people, the conditions of the day and the venue, it is announced close to the organisation.

Participants are not obliged to attend the retreat organised by our institution. Participation in any equivalent retreat programme approved by the Institute is also considered valid.

Participants who have not participated in a mindfulness silence retreat cannot run their own pilot MBSR courses.

About the Supervision Process

After the 6th session of the training programme, participants are expected to open their own MBSR programmes.

During the implementation, participants are required to receive at least 4 supervisions. In this process, the supervisee will present 4 pre-configured reports to the supervisor for each session. When the supervision process is over, a general final report should be submitted.

Participants who speak English can receive supervision from foreign trainers.

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Participants who do not speak English or do not feel comfortable with the language will be able to receive their supervision from Zümra Atalay.

The supervision fee is 80 euros.

About Certification

At the end of the programme, the trainee trainers will receive an internationally recognised certificate (see the section on international validity of the programme) and will be recognised as trainers who teach to ethical standards.

Programme Content

MBSR Training is suitable for both people working in the field of mental health and people who do not work in this field.

Support will be received from trainers who are experts in the field of mindfulness from abroad.

The training process (except for the retreat) will take place online via the Zoom platform.

Each (sometimes two) session of MBSR will be processed as a separate module throughout the training.

Throughout the training, the learning through experiencing process is structured first at the participant level and then at the educator level.

Participants have an active role throughout the training.

It is an experiential training rather than a didactic training.

Participants will be able to open their own pilot courses after completing their retreats and module 6. 

Attendance is compulsory in the programme.

Upcoming MBSR Trainer Programmes

TT6- Training Calendar

Module 1/ 22-23-24 November 2024

Module 2/ 10-11-12 January 2025

Module 3/ 28 February- 1-2 March 2025

4th Module/ 12-13 April 2025

Retreat - FACE TO FACE / 19-20-21-22-23-24 May 2025

5th Module/ 5-6 July 2025

6th Module/ 12-13-14 September 2025

7th Module/ 24-25-26 October 2025

Module 8/ 19-20-21 December 2025

*All modules except the retreat will take place online via zoom.

Fee

Early Registration Period: 3000 Euro (until 5 August)

Normal Registration Period: 3500 Euro (from 5 August)

Location

All modules except the retreat will take place online via zoom.
 

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