Level II TIR - Expanded Applications Workshop, 3 days (TIR-EA)

Trainer: Henry J. Whitfield MSc, MBACP, ACBS peer-reviewed ACT trainer, Accredited Advanced TIR trainer and TIR practitioner (TIRA)
Date: TBA
Venue: Mindfulness Training Offices, Fitzroys Studios, The Print House, London
Fee: £525

This workshop greatly expands upon the first level of TIR training, moving you into the subject of designing detailed case formulations. This is done using a well developed approach for integrating a wide range of tools into a single treatment plan. This highly coherent model of mindfulness-based case formulation and treatment serves as an excellent platform for integrating mindfulness-based therapies. See below for more details. This workshop was developed after extensive interviews with graduates of the TIR Workshop. The new methods taught in this workshop enable students to administer detailed and coherent treatment plans for addressing the majority of client issues encountered in general practice.

Section I - The Basics

Review of the common trouble spots
Engagement - What is a Session? How to better engage a client
Communication Exercises - Methods for enhancing rapport with clients
Additional tactics for clients who struggle to contact certain incidents/emotions

Section II - Case Preparation and Case Progress

Exploration as a Lead-in to TIR
Short Unlayering and Recall Techniques - repetitive observation on specific caseformulated areas
"Get the Idea" - A mindful exercise for addressing unhealthy fixed ideas/beliefs
Communication with the Body - tuning in to your body's needs and sensations
Disturbance Handling - Defusing emotional charge from relationship upsets
Unblocking Relationships - Defusing stress from very difficult relationships
Grounding Techniques - These involve the client focusing repetitively on the present moment.

Section III - Further Applications of TIR

TIR on Pleasant Experiences - For increasing ego-strength (repetitive observation of the positive)
Communication with a Departed Loved One - For bereavement
Future TIR - For overcoming fears of imagined futures
Long-Term Trauma - Dealing with Type II PTSD - Enabling clients to separate incidents

Section IV - Case Planning

Some Case Planning Notes
Handling Wrong Indications - For overcoming the effects of invalidation from others/bullying
Gradient of Viewing Actions - An approach for making
smoother progress when employing a range of tools (tool categorisation)
Treatment Plans Using the Chart Method, Including Sample Intake Assessment

Section V - Remedial Actions

Using Unblocking to Repair TIR

Henry J. Whitfield MSc, MBACP, ACBS peer-reviewed ACT trainer, Accredited Advanced TIR trainer and TIR practitioner (TIRA)

Henry set up Mindfulness Training Ltd in 2006. His research interests include the theoretical and practical integration of mindfulness with cognitive behavioural theories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy processes and in case-formulated applications of mindfulness. After 4 years as a trauma specialist for Victim Support Lambeth, Henry is now conducting empirical research for City and Hackney Mind, investigating the process of values within different approaches to trauma counselling. He also works in private pratice, and teaches widely on the subject of Mindfulness-consistent therapies.