stealing minutes ethics 2015

Four Fridays to Choose From: April 3, 10, 17 or 24

10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm upstairs at New England College Concord 62 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301 ~ 603-226-1999 x130 / jcoppola@wsfca.net

Tuition is $125 ~ 6 Ethics CEUs Available at No Extra Charge Please Register Early ~ Space is Limited to 12 People for Each Date

Stealing Minutes: Experiencing the Practices of Self-Care

• We’ll learn how to create sustainable and

unique approaches to self-care. • Sample a variety of evidence-based self-care,

centering, and wellness practices. • Learn brief, adaptable and effective self-care

tools that fit into your free moments and explore ways to integrate them into your daily activities.

• Care for yourself while enhancing your creativity and workflow.

• Increase your resilience and decrease burnout risks at work and in your personal life.

• Handouts with instructions, references, and current research will be included.

• Highlight the connections between self-care and ethical therapeutic practice.

The Self-Care Lab: Exploring the Ethics & Applications of Self-Care

• Begin to unpack cultural narratives of self-

neglect to build a new story of self-care. • Recognize some of the ethical consequences of

not practicing self-care. • Explore the potential barriers to self-care and

learn strategies to get beyond these barriers. • Review what the various mental health

professional codes of ethics say on self-care, and what they don’t, which could also be important.

• Learn about which practices have been most useful with clients and patients.

• Learn to apply self-care practices specifically adapted for busy lifestyles. Everyone will have a chance to shape the practices.

• Ongoing email practice support will be available to all attendees.

Presented by Lafe Coppola, M.A., MFT Lafe is a co-founder of the Self-Pay Clinic at Warren Street Family Counseling Associates. A certified Energy Arts Instructor, he has been practicing Qigong, mindfulness, and meditation for over 25 years and teaching them for over 15 years. Lafe is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in narrative and collaborative approaches to self-care for helping professionals.

If you would like to have this training at your workplace, or if you have a group you would like a different date for,

feel free to contact me for more information: jcoppola@wsfca.net or 603-226-1999 x130.

Stealing Minutes: Ethics and Practices of Self-Care for Mental Health, Medical, and Helping Professionals

A Relaxing, Engaging, and Experiential One -Day Retreat