The Healing Mind: The Art and Science of Mind/Body Medicine
with Marty Rossman, M.D.: A Five Day Workshop in
Italy
(20
CME or 20 CE Credits)
23rd
– 28th September 2012 (5 Days, 6 Nights) Sunday evening
through Friday afternoon
Objectives
By the end of
this seminar you will be able to:
1) Explain the physiology of stress and relaxation to your
patients in a simple effective way 2) Physically relax your
mind and body 3) Utilize guided imagery for relaxation,
stress reduction, stimulating healing responses and
improving mind/body communication 4) Identify a source of
wisdom and guidance within you 5) Use your imagination to
reduce rather than create worry and anxiety 6) Create a
practical plan for reducing stress in your daily life when
you return home
Seminar content
We’ll
meet from 9 AM to 1:15PM to consider the unique nature of
modern human stress, the role of imagination in creating
and relieving stress, and we will experientially explore
deep relaxation, insight, and healing approaches that can
help both you and those you care for live a better,
healthier, and more enjoyable life. Immersing ourselves in
a beautiful and timeless Italian environment, we will
cultivate a perspective that honors relaxation,
renewal, and enjoyment along with responsibility
and service.
Day 1: Why mind/body medicine? • The science of mind/body
medicine • Physiology of stress and relaxation • Psychology
of stress and relaxation • Relaxation practicum • Abdominal
breathing • Progressive muscular relaxation •
Peaceful place imagery • Self-care and clinical aspects of
relaxation • Discussion and debriefing
Day 2: Imagination and health • Guided imagery and
Interactive Guided Imagery • Directive imagery for symptom
relief and stimulation of healing responses • Healing
imagery practicum • Receptive imagery for health
insights • Listening to symptom imagery practicum •
Self-care and clinical aspects of guided imagery •
Discussion and debriefing
Day 3: What is wisdom? • How does wisdom develop? • How do
we access wisdom? • The Inner Wisdom meditation • Inner
Wisdom practicum • Self-care and clinical aspects of
utilizing inner wisdom • Discussion and
debriefing
Day 4: Is worry the key to stress reduction? • Worry,
stress, and anxiety • The psycho-physiology of worry •
Separating “good” worry from”bad” worry practicum • The art
of positive worry • Positive worry practicum
• Discussion and debriefing
Day 5: What will we take home? • Acting on insight – where
the rubber meets the road • Roberto Assagioli on the act of
will • Turning Insight Into Action practicum •
Discussion, debriefing and closing meditation
This workshop is for you if you are a helping professional,
whether physician, psychotherapist, nurse, naturopath,
chiropractor, acupuncturist, health educator, or pastoral
counselor.
Special note
to Physicians:
I can make a persuasive case that stress, anxiety, and
worry is the most important modifiable risk factor in
medicine, when you consider that it directly represents at
least 50% of all symptom presentations to primary care
physicians. It also results in “toxic coping” patterns
(smoking, excessive drinking, psychoactive drug use, eating
poorly) in an unfortunately health-depleting attempt to
regulate distress and emotion.
When I ask doctors at grand rounds how many of them think
that patient attitudes, coping mechanisms and stress
responses are critical elements of health, 100% say
“absolutely.” When I ask them how many have been trained to
use mind/body medicine to help patients change their ways
of coping, only 2% answer affirmatively. Professionally,
this is very much our business, and this workshop will
teach you both the fundamentals and potential of mind/body
medicine.
In addition, physician burnout is highly prevalent in the
US. A 2006 survey by the American College of Physician
Executives demonstrated a 77% fatigue rate, a 67% burnout
rate, 33% depression and 10% had considered leaving
practice (ACPE.org, December 2006). Physician burnout and
job dissatisfaction exacerbates physician and staff
turnover and subsequently increases patients of
dissatisfaction. In addition, a direct link between
physician burnout and job dissatisfaction has been made to
decrease patient satisfaction with their health care and a
decrease in compliance with physician recommendations. In
surveys of patients, those patients of satisfied physicians
have greater levels of trust and confidence in their
physicians and were more likely to follow recommended
therapies. (Grembowski D et al., J Gen Intern Med.
2005;20:271-277).
This program will provide tools to help you evaluate and
understand the connections between stress and your daily
life, your performance, and your relationships with
patients, colleagues, and loved ones. Experiential
exercises will give you an opportunity to identify your
unique stressors and more clearly understand how you can
respond to them more easily and effectively.
I believe that medicine is a calling, and a privilege to
practice. It’s easy to lose that perspective, though, when
you are buried in details, overwork, and trying to cope
with unrealistic demands and expectations.
Come to Italy with me and explore an approach that can
positively change your life, and the lives around you, in a
relaxed and enjoyable way.
Looking forward to it,
Marty Rossman, MD
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
http://martyrossmanmdcmeinitalia.eventbrite.com/
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