Behind Mindful Representations: Understanding The Process

Curious about how Mindful Representations work?

Behind Mindful Representations offers a reflective and experiential introduction to the principles, processes, and practices that shape the work.

BEFORE REGISTERING

Please review the Pre-Workshop Agreement and Workshop Participant Information before purchasing tickets or attending the workshop…………………..

It also provides an opportunity for prospective students to explore whether the Mindful Representations Professional Development Pathway may be a good fit for them.

Through discussion, experiential exercises, demonstrations, and representations, participants gain a deeper understanding not only of what happens during a representation but also of why certain choices are made and how the process is structured.

Importantly, this learning is not limited to conceptual understanding. As participants explore the principles underlying Mindful Representations, they often develop greater insight into their own lives, relationships, and recurring patterns. The learning, therefore, becomes both personally relevant and professionally applicable.

What Will We Explore?

Participants are introduced to a range of concepts and capacities that underpin Mindful Representations, including:

• Mindful presence and reflective awareness
• Phenomenological observation
• Emotional discernment
• Systems and relational thinking
• Recognising patterns within families, groups, and organisations
• Balancing intuition with critical thinking
• Understanding the role of facts, natural principles, and experiential information
• Reflective restraint and tolerance of uncertainty
• The importance of humility in representational work

The workshop also explores how representations can be understood through multiple lenses, including mindfulness, psychology, family systems thinking, relational processes, and metaphor.

Who Is This Workshop For?

This workshop is suitable for:

• People seeking personal insight and growth
• Participants who would like a deeper understanding of Mindful Representations
• Therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, coaches, educators, healthcare practitioners, and other helping professionals
• Those considering future facilitator training within the Mindful Representations Professional Development Pathway

For therapists and other helping professionals, many of the capacities explored within these workshops can be directly applied within individual sessions and other professional settings. These include developing greater phenomenological observation, emotional discernment, relational awareness, reflective restraint, and the ability to recognise patterns unfolding within complex interpersonal situations.

Behind Mindful Reps Workshops: Sunday   Aug 30 10AM – 5PM

Cost: $80 per session. Maximum 12 spots in each session

Venue Balam Balam Place, 15 Phoenix St, Brunswick