MEDITATION SAFETY TOOLBOX -English version 2.13.19
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- The toolbox contains documents, protocols and best practice guidelines from the UMASS Center for Mindfulness, Bangor and Oxford Mindfulness Centers, and other mindfulness researchers.
- The original Safety Toolbox has been updated to accompany the “First, Do No Harm” Meditation Safety Trainings”.
- An 2023 updated version of the FDNH trainings can be found here
- An abbreviated 3-hour version with available CE credits can be found here.
Meditation Safety Toolbox_FRANCAIS
[Note: To download the toolbox, click the Meditation Safety Toolbox link above, and a zip file will automatically download onto your computer]
Toolbox contents
Complete list of contents
Click here for a complete list of contents in this toolbox.
Items in red are new since the last version
MBSR/MBCT GUIDELINES
- MBI Teacher Competencies
INFORMED CONSENT
- Scientific Literacy
- Mindfulness + Secularity: Legal and Ethical Issues
- Mindfulness and Buddhism- Important Books
SCREENING
- Screening tools
- Examples of Suicidality Safety Plans
- Safety Monitoring Guidelines
MONITORING
- Meditation-related Challenges
- Publications from the Varieties of Contemplative Experience (VCE) Study
- Other Scientific articles on meditation-related difficulties, side-effects and harms
- Monitoring Tools
MECHANISM
The current form of the study is written and requires reading on a computer screen. However, we may add an addendum to create a more accessible option in the future if we get enough requests. Please email CLANLab@Brown.edu to discuss.
MANAGEMENT
- Trauma-informed mindfulness
- Trauma Basics
- Systematic Trauma
OTHER RESOURCES
- Cheetah House – Help and resources for meditation-related problems
- Meditating in Safety
- Mental Health First Aid
Online Trainings
3-hour Course on Meditation-Related Adverse Effects with Dr. Britton
This online webinar is a 3-hour version of the “First, Do No Harm” training that was offered at the UMASS CFM for MBSR/CT teachers in 2018. This course provides an overview of the research in meditation-related adverse effects, neurobiological mechanisms, and a series of concrete methods for minimizing and managing risks and negative outcomes.
Part 1 reviews different types of meditation-related adverse effects with emphasis on the ones most likely to occur in mindfulness-based programs outside of retreat settings.
Part 2 provides an overview of mechanisms for how different practices can lead to undesirable outcomes.
Part 3 will review appropriate mitigation strategies, including screening, monitoring, trauma-informed modifications, and additional resources for meditators and providers.
- The webinar is available on-demand through Leading Edge Seminars
- Tuition: $85-110 USD. (Prices on website are in Canadian dollars: 112-148 CAD)
- CE/CME credits available
- Student discount ($65 USD/85 CAD) – enter code “Britton2020” at checkout
- 25% discount to regular tuition – enter code”Britton25″ at checkout
20-hour First Do No Harm Meditation Safety Training
Instructors:
- Willoughbby Britton PhD
- David Treleaven PhD
- Jared Lindahl PhD
Learning Objectives:
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To be able to identify the range of possible experiences that can arise from meditation practice, and understand which ones may be experienced as challenging, distressing or impairing
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To understand the psychological and/or neurobiological mechanisms by which meditation practices or instructions can produce different types of experiences
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To become familiar with different type of “influencing factors” or factors that can influence the presence, duration and impact of a specific meditation experience.
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To learn how to properly screen participants and monitor for meditation-related difficulties instead of relying only on passive or spontaneous reporting
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To learn how to manage different types of meditation-related difficulties when they arise, and/or minimize their occurrence or impact
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