Mindfulness and The Therapeutic Alliance SPACE Dr Frank CT VoonBIPT 11 & 13 June 2009 Awareness Place & Phor Kark See, Singapore The Alliance is The Experience of The Journey Experience = Intellect + Emotions + Spirit

Body Mind Doing HavingThinking Tangible Intangible Being

Sanctuary A safe setting Structure Physical comfort – seating, view, place for bags restful, quiet conversation, peaceful ease of access and exit Time and boundaries agreed and adhered to flexibility to extend process the end in mind – self work

Peace Pedagogy and psychology Education of the therapist on the self Education of the person on the self Education of the person by the self When the Student is ready, the Teacher appears.

The centrality of the Therapeutic Alliance Attention Authenticity Trust Respect Integrity Mindfulness

Known to self Known to others Unknown to others Unknown to self Being

Compassion The importance of communication skills Collaborative Dialogue, not a debate Understanding each other Understanding others Transfer of communication skills

Experience Engaging the self Enlightenment Eureka moment – Aha! The Self The Force The Shadow and the Dark Side.

The Therapeutic Journey 1 st step Mountain 2 nd step No mountain 3 rd step Mountain

Physical Intellectual Emotional Spiritual Being Human Feeling Doing Thinking Being

Feeling Doing Thinking Being Feeling Doing Thinking Being

A safe SPACE Sanctuary – the Middle Ages Sanctum – an open clearing of light and possiblity in a dense jungle of overgrowth Open mindedness Acceptance Confidentiality Safe exploration of issues The warrior mind – no fear of nominal errors

The Practice Setting Techniques Organisation Reflection Mastery

The Storm Stages Therapy Order Resilience Mindfulness

Practice Perfection The slight edge, 80/20 Pareto The difference that makes a difference Warrior – Chef – Therapist Marbles, draft presentations, quick starts Golf – Tiger & #50 Clinical & administrative practice Olympics – 4 years in under 10 secs

The 5 Things Food Sweet Sour Salty Bitter Plain Arts Clay Paint Stone Words Sounds Life Change Pain Hope Fairness Love

Embracing the reality of the 5 Change Begin with the end in mind Pain There is pain in happiness Hope Nothing ever goes according to plan Fairness All’s fair in love and war Love In love all the time?

Mindfulness On YouTube, there are a number of Google Tech Talks that you might find useful. Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness Meditation Mindfulness Stress Reduction and Healing Alan Wallace Towards the First Revolution in Mind Sciences The Conscious Universe: Where Buddhism and Physics Converge Bob Stahl An Introduction to Meditation for Healing and Stress Reduction Matthieu Ricard Change Your Mind Change Your Brain Philippe Goldin Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation Thanks to Mr Wee Sin Tho