Balint Weekend Retreat for Health Care Professionals: Healing, Mindfulness and Compassion

With Ellen Barnett, MD. PhD and Richard Addison

May 10 - 12, 2024

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“Healing, Mindfulness, and Compassion” is again being held at the beautiful and tranquil Ratna Ling Conference Center. The weekend conference combines Eastern and Western approaches to healing: Gentle Tibetan Yoga and Meditation complementing Balint group work to address the complex emotional landscape of clinican-patient relationships. The natural setting, exquisite accommodations and architecture are extraordinary. The weekend is educational and rejuvenating.

Friday mid-afternoon through midday Sunday.
Limited to 18 participants

For further information, schedule, and registration:
https://americanbalintsociety.org/2024_healing_mindfulness_co.php

The American Balint Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The American Balint Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners allows MFTs and LCSWs to claim credit for courses offered by APA approved providers. This activity is approved for 9.25 CE credits.Healing, Mindfulness and Compassion is approved for 11.5 units of in-person AAFP Prescribed credits. AMA/AAFP Equivalency: AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

 

About the Facilitators

Ellen Barnett, MD. PhD

Dr. Ellen Barnett is a family doctor who has been practicing in Santa Rosa, CA for over thirty years. A major emphasis of her practice is working with individuals to clarify and support their health goals. She is on the clinical faculty at the Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency and developed the Imagine YOU program of the […]

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Richard Addison

Ritch Addison, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist and an Emeritus Professor of the Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency. He leads both Personal and Professional Development groups and Balint groups for physicians and other health care professionals and has done so for over 40 years. He is a Past President of the American Balint Society, […]

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