OVERVIEW

Awe, Wonder, and the Science of a Meaningful Life is organized by California Concussion Institute (CCI) and will be held from Aug 16 - 18, 2021.

Target Audience:
This course is open and suitable for all clinicians and learning levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced.

Accreditation:
Social Workers:
MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute, Provider #1197, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute, maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 8/20/2019- 8/20/2022.

Awe, Wonder, and the Science of a Meaningful Life, Course #3636, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute (formerly Cape Learning Network, LLC. Cape Cod Institute) as an individual course. Individual courses, not providers, are approved at the course level. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 06/08/2021 - 06/08/2023. Social workers completing this course receive 12 Clinical continuing education credits.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists:
MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0095.

MA LMFT: Awe, Wonder, and the Science of a Meaningful Life: Certification # PC- 041068 - 12 contact hours

Description:
What do you feel when you gaze up at the Milky Way, see a beautiful rainbow, or stand before a mountain that seems impossibly high? What happens in your body, and what emotions arise, when you come face-to-face with the wonder of these sorts of experiences? This feeling – often complete with goosebumps and a shiver down our spine – is known as awe. And as it turns out, this underappreciated and often misunderstood emotion just might hold the key to a happy, meaningful, and healthy life.

Although we think of awe as a rare emotion, reserved only for the most exhilarating of life’s marvels, studies have shown that awe-inspiring experiences are all around us. We don’t have to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, or stand atop the Eiffel Tower, to reap the many benefits of awe. Instead, we can learn to notice the changing colors of the leaves, truly see the joy in a child’s eyes, or allow ourselves to be uplifted by the kindness of a stranger.

When we do, we improve our physical health, strengthen our social bonds, and become lastingly happier. Experiences of awe strengthen our immune system, improve our psychological well-being, and even change our brain in unique ways. As it turns out, the moments that make us go “Wow!” can be the very moments that lastingly change our life forever.

In this seminar, participants will explore the nature and benefits of awe and wonder, and how learning to become more awestruck can improve our psychological, physical, and social well-being. Over the course of our time together, we’ll also explore the importance of other positive psychological states – including gratitude, mindful awareness, self-compassion, and more. Best of all, we’ll be reviewing dozens of evidence-based practices that can easily be integrated into your clinical work. Through discussion, lecture, clinical vignettes, and small group work, you will learn to harness these breakthrough findings and transform your clinical practice.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
• Explain the importance of awe as a fundamental human emotion.
• Explain the benefits of awe for psychological well-being.
• Describe the impact of awe on physical health, including its effect on inflammation and the immune system.
• Explain the positive effect of awe on social relationships
• Describe the ways that experiences of awe change the body and brain.
• Integrate strategies for increasing awe in daily life to enhance wellbeing.
• Explain the impact of happiness on health, relationships, creativity, and job performance for purposes of client psychoeducation.
• Apply simple, effective strategies that help clients increase gratitude, mindfulness, self-compassion, savoring, and other positive psychological skills