It has been exactly 30 years since Jon Kabat-Zinn introduced the Western self-help reader to the idea of mindful eating with his “raisin meditation.” This teleseminar broadens the definition of mindful eating by going beyond the mindfulness of the flavor and of the process of eating. Learn strategies for helping clients overcome emotional eating by using five core skill-sets of mindful eating know-how: Hunger Recognition, Craving Control, Fullness Recognition, Process Focus, and Mindful Emotional Eating.
This teleseminar is based on Pavel Somov’s awareness-building and habit-modifying exercises for managing overeating described in his book Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time (New Harbinger, 2008).
OUTLINE
Broadening the Definition of Mindful Eating
- The origins of mindful eating
- Contributions of Buddhist psychology to managing eating behavior
- Beyond the “raisin meditation”
Hunger Recognition Training
- Differentiating cravings from hunger
- Hunger recognition exercises
Craving Control Training
- Not all craving control strategies are created equal
- Craving control master skill: mindfulness + relaxation
Process-Focus Training
- Four process targets of awareness – flavor, eating movements, meal setting, and meal script
- Pattern-disruption techniques to leverage awareness of the process of eating
Fullness-Recognition Training
- Continuum of fullness
- Fullness recognition exercises
- Redefining fullness: from stomach fullness to mind-fulness
Mindful Emotional Eating Training
- Harm reduction vs. abstinence approaches to emotional eating
- 5 principles of mindful emotional eating
- Mindful emotional eating exercises
Sowing the Seeds of Mindfulness
- Mindful eating as an opportunity to infuse a greater degree of presence and self-awareness into day-to-day living
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the differences between hunger and cravings.
- Describe strategies for helping clients reduce harm of emotional eating by making emotional eating more mindful.
- Utilize mindfulness (meta-cognitive distancing/dis-identification) as a craving control strategy.
- Demonstrate how to combine mindfulness and relaxation into a master craving control skill.
- Optimize the craving control value of self-talk and distraction strategies.
- Summarize use pattern interruption techniques to increase mindfulness of the eating process.
ABOUT PAVEL SOMOV
Pavel Somov, Ph.D., licensed psychologist, graduate of SUNY Buffalo, is the author of Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time (New Harbinger, 2008). He has experience with compulsive spectrum presentations (substance use, overeating, etc.) and has worked in a variety of clinical settings (community mental health hospitals, county jail, primary care/behavioral medicine/pain clinic settings, VAs). He is in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. His writings have appeared on Huffington Post, Today online, and Intent.com, and he has appeared on Sirius Radio’s “Fully Active.” Somov is currently under contract with New Harbinger Publications for a book on mindful strategies for addressing perfectionism which is due out in summer 2010.
As part of his private practice, he has been involved with gastric bypass pre-operative psychological evaluations. Somov has peer-reviewed publications in the area of Logotherapy, Psychodrama, Substance Use, Pain Psychology, and Hospice Outcome research.
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
Counselors: PESI, LLC is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. Provider #: 5896. We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. This self-study package qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.
Social Workers: PESI, LLC, 1030, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), (1-800-225-6880) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. PESI maintains responsibility for the program. Licensed Social Workers should contact their individual state boards to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Social Workers will receive 1.5 continuing education clock hours for completing this self-study package.
Psychologists: PESI, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, LLC maintains responsibility for these materials and their content. PESI is offering these self-study materials for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit.
Addiction Counselors: PESI, LLC is a Provider approved by NAADAC Approved Education Provider Program. Provider #: 366. This self-study package qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.
Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians, Registered: PESI, LLC, PE001, is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) from June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2012. Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive 1.5 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/materials. Continuing Professional Education Provider Accreditation does not constitute endorsement by CDR of a provider, program, or materials. This program/material is designated as LEVEL 2.
Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists: PESI, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses completing these learner-directed materials will earn 1.5 contact hours.
Iowa Nurses: PESI, LLC, is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. This learner directed educational activity qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.
California Nurses: PESI, LLC is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 6538 for 1.5 contact hours.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Case Managers, Nurses, Other Mental Health Professionals
