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Professional Continuing Education (CE Hours)
for Health Professionals 

In partnership with the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) we are pleased to be able to offer Continuing Education (CE) Hours for many health professionals in the U.S. CE Hours are an additional $125. 

SCA Continuing Education Partner
APA approved Continuing Education

When registering, please select and pay for the CE option.  You must include your license type and license number. To receive CE certificate of attendance, attendees must adhere to the attendance guidelines, agree to have participation tracked, and fill out a final Assessment & Evaluation form provided by SCA. This form will be sent via email to CE seeking participants on the final day of retreat, after the final module, and must be completed and returned by the end of the day to receive credit. A Certificate of Attendance will be sent once all requirements are met, usually within 72 hours of submitting the Assessment & Evaluation Form. 

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  • CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which
    is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the
    American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual
    Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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  • The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and
    LMFT     license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American
    Psychological Association.

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  • LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than
    California     need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept
    programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.

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  • SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for
    licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the
    course concludes. Nurses outside of California must confirm acceptance with their licensing boards.

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  • For questions about receiving your Certificate of Attendance, or the content, logistics or other support issues regarding our courses, please contact us. For questions about whether APA is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly. For general questions about APA CE, contact Spiritual Competency Academy at info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.

 

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Current Offerings:

 

Live/Online One World Mindfulness Retreat:
This program offers a systematic training in formal mindfulness practices over the course of five days in a retreat container, supported by teachers in the Insight Meditation Tradition. Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients

Descripton:
The retreat offers up to 8 hours & 45 minutes of live, teacher supported instruction each day, including a small-group teacher meetings for individualized feedback, and up to 37.5 hours over the course of the retreat. Additionally offering downloadable materials and at-will video instructions that support intensive practice at home. 


This course is appropriate for health care professionals wishing to incorporate mindfulness professionally. After attending the course participants will:
•    Learn and deepen mindfulness practices in a formal setting; including mindfulness of sensations in the body, thoughts and emotions, and feeling tone.  
•    Know how to work with mindful movement practices as a support for embodied presence
•    Cultivate wholesome states of loving kindness and compassion, and learn how to work with these as practices in a systematic approach.
•    Learn mindfulness through a trauma-informed approach
•    Health care professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to their ability to work with clients or patients

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Course Content

•    Instruction in formal awareness practices, including mindfulness meditation focusing on the breath, other physical sensations, feelings, emotions, and thoughts, including gentle yoga and walking meditation in order to develop embodied awareness.

•    Instruction on working with hindrances to practice, as well as qualities that can be cultivated that support practice. 

•    Q and A sessions and small group meetings with teachers about experiences and challenges

•    Information about stress, behavior, psychology, resourcing, resilience and well-being as it relates to our experience and patterns of behavior; incorporating mindfulness in daily life; components of awareness such as acceptance, loving kindness and compassion. 

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Learning Objectives: At the end of the program, participants will be better able to:

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  1. List the four foundations of mindfulness

  2. List  the six ‘sense doors’ that make up present moment experience as defined in mindfulness practice

  3. Describe two different ways to practice with mindfulness of the body

  4. Describe the three 'feeling tones' and their relationship to emotions

  5. Explain how awareness/lack of awareness of mental states creates or relieves suffering

  6. Discuss the clinical benefits of recognizing mental experience (thoughts & emotions) as distinct from 'feeling tone' as a support for breaking reactive patterns

  7. List the five hindrances to wholesome mental states, and how they contribute to suffering

  8. Describe how a particular mental state can be recognized as an in-the-body experience

  9. Discuss strategies to work with 'hindrances' or common challenges in mindfulness practice

  10. Describe how mindfulness practices can promote insight into the cause and effect nature of stress and suffering

  11. Discuss the benefits of the clinician's personal mindfulness practice to support working with clients

  12. ​Utilize mindfulness of breath and body practices to develop present moment awareness as a support for working with clients​

  13. Utilize mindfulness-based self-care strategies to promote professional and personal well-being, including reducing emotional exhaustion and burnout

  14. Describe how the cultivation of Loving Kindness and Compassion practices support the practice of mindfulness and builds internal capacity for resourcing

  15. Assess one's own experience with Loving Kindness practice and the impact on clinician well-being and therapeutic presence

  16. Describe how formal meditation practice supports the capacity for bringing mindfulness and compassion into daily life

 

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