Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention MBRP

Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT #43725
Marriage and Family Therapist
Mindfulness-based Psychotherapist

Los Gatos, Ca USA
408-919-7008
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INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
Adults
Adolescents

MARITAL AND RELATIONSHIP
PSYCHOTHERAPY

You can learn to relieve
mental and emotional suffering
and cultivate genuine happiness.

STAY SOBER MINDFULLY!
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)

Lisa will be offering a five-week MBRP live online class
Class size will be limited to 8 participants.
Course includes five two-hour sessions.
Course fee: $200.00
Pre-registration will be required

All prospective participants must have at least 30 days of active sobriety
and complete an MBRP questionnaire and class agreement.

For questions on this 5-week MBRP class contact:
Lisa Dale Miller, MFT
408-919-7008
email

This five-week MBRP course is a modified verion of the eight-week Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) a psycho-educational class specifically created for clients in recovery from substance use disorders and is designed to help prevent future relapse.MBRP uses empirically supported interventions from Dr. Alan Marlatt's Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT), Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).

This MBRP group will be facilitated by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, mindfulness-based psychotherapist. The MBRP curriculum integrates mindfulness meditation practices with cognitive-behavioral strategies to support clients and promote vital lifestyle modifications for a healthy life of recovery. The program teaches effective skills to reduce stress, manage urges and cravings, and cultivate compassion and acceptance. Participants will be expected to do daily home practice. All participants must have at least 30 days of active sobriety.

Why use a mind/body approach for relapse prevention?

Mind-body approaches recognize a person’s innate healing abilities

Illness provides some people with an opportunity for personal growth and transformation

Mindfulness meditation, yoga, and chi gong address lifestyle imbalances while deepening and strengthening overall global coping strategies

What is Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT)?

A cognitive-behavioral approach which assumes addictive behaviors are learned behaviors

RPT focuses upon the following interventions

Awareness of triggers for addictive behaviors such as urges, cravings, interpersonal conflict, social pressure, and negative emotional states

Cognitive-behavioral skills training for successful change in thoughts, feelings, and behavior

What is Mindfulness?

Develops a curious, non-judgmental, acceptance of whatever one is experiencing moment to moment

Being with the moment frees us from rigid attitudes, cognitions, behaviors, and lowers reactivity

Cultivates letting go of desired outcome to more easily tolerate pain without the need to avoid or fix it

Lisa Dale Miller, MFT is a mindfulness-based psychotherapist in Los Gatos, CA, specializing in the treatment of depression, anxiety, addiction, relationship distress, and emotion dysregulation. Lisa is a presenter at conferences on the clinical applications of mindfulness and Buddhist psychology. She is on the faculty of eMindful.com and teaches MBSR, MBCT, MBRP (Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for addiction recovery). Lisa has been a yogic and Buddhist meditation practitioner for more than 30 years. She holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Her masters thesis, Uncertainty, Nothingness, Beingness revisioned depression through the lenses of philosophy of quantum physics, Existential psychology, and Buddhist philososphy/psychology.

©2011 Lisa Dale Miller
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Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention
Sarah Bowen PhD, Neha Chawla, PhD,
Alan Marlatt, PhD
Addictive Behaviors Research Center
Department of Psychology
University of Washington

MBRP Resource Web Site

Youtube interview of Lisa
discussing the online MBRP Class

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The information on any area or page of this site is intended for information purposes only regarding an available clinical service. The diagnosis or treatment of any particular disorder by the information provided on this website, or the links referred to by this website, is not recommended, intended, nor implied. No therapeutic relationship exists between Lisa Dale Miller, MFT and individuals wishing to e-mail or telephone her for information or to schedule an appointment. A therapeutic relationship, if appropriate, will be agreed upon in writing following an initial consultation. If a psychotherapy relationship is not possible, for whatever reason, appropriate referrals may be provided..

Lisa will be offering a five-week MBRP live online class
Class size will be limited to 8 participants.
Course includes five two-hour sessions.
Course fee: $200.00
Pre-registration will be required

All prospective participants must have at least 30 days of active sobriety
and complete an MBRP questionnaire and class agreement.

For questions on this 5-week MBRP class contact:
Lisa Dale Miller, MFT
408-919-7008
email

Why use a mind/body approach for relapse prevention?

Mind-body approaches recognize a person’s innate healing abilities

Illness provides some people with an opportunity for personal growth and transformation

Mindfulness meditation, yoga, and chi gong address lifestyle imbalances while deepening and strengthening overall global coping strategies

What is Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT)?

A cognitive-behavioral approach which assumes addictive behaviors are learned behaviors

RPT focuses upon the following interventions

Awareness of triggers for addictive behaviors such as urges, cravings, interpersonal conflict, social pressure, and negative emotional states

Cognitive-behavioral skills training for successful change in thoughts, feelings, and behavior

What is Mindfulness?

Develops a curious, non-judgmental, acceptance of whatever one is experiencing moment to moment

Being with the moment frees us from rigid attitudes, cognitions, behaviors, and lowers reactivity

Cultivates letting go of desired outcome to more easily tolerate pain without the need to avoid or fix it

Lisa Dale Miller, MFT is a mindfulness-based psychotherapist in Los Gatos, CA, specializing in the treatment of depression, anxiety, addiction, relationship distress, and emotion dysregulation. Lisa is a presenter at conferences on the clinical applications of mindfulness and Buddhist psychology. She is on the faculty of eMindful.com and teaches MBSR, MBCT, MBRP (Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for addiction recovery). Lisa has been a yogic and Buddhist meditation practitioner for more than 30 years. She holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Her masters thesis, Uncertainty, Nothingness, Beingness revisioned depression through the lenses of philosophy of quantum physics, Existential psychology, and Buddhist philososphy/psychology.