PATIENT COURSES
Materials for the MBCPM™ and MBCSM courses are available in French as well as English
Please click on each Course heading to find more information…
MINDFULNESS-BASED CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT (MBCPM™) – THE ENTRY LEVEL COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Attendees learn the principles of mindfulness meditation, the importance of living in the moment, and the power of now, and how these relate to suffering less pain. Mindfulness assists in remaining calmer and more pain controlled despite the challenges of everyday life, such as when interacting with family, friends, colleagues, employers, workers compensation, and insurers. This can change the intensity of pain suffering, both emotional and physical, in a very positive way. Life skills are also enhanced in this course.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- Module 1 (first 5 classes): Introduce tools to increase wise-mind and resilience
- Module 2 (classes 6 to 9): Enhance the mind-body connection, self-nurture, and awareness
- Module 3 (classes 10 to 13): Enhance relationship skills in a broad context
The full three modules are usually taught over 12 to 13 weeks at 2.5 hours per class, but can be taught over three to four days, or over two weekends.
NEURONOVA REFERRAL FORM
COST
The cost of participation is covered by the Ontario provincial health insurance plan, if led by an MD facilitator or a health care professional covered by a health facility’s budget. Cost of this course would otherwise be $900.
Participants do need the MBCPM™ course materials to achieve the best outcomes: The book The Mindfulness Solution to Pain and the CD or download bundle ($85 plus applicable taxes and shipping). The MBCPM™ Basic and Advanced Review Workbook is recommended particularly for the revision courses and costs $52 plus taxes and shipping.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE MBCPM™ COURSES AT YOUR OWN FACILITY?
Health care professionals wishing to apply to bring MBCPM to their centre can email us at team@neuronovacentre.com to discuss training to become a facilitator, and/or, if in Ontario, to discuss connecting with a facilitator delivering the course via Telemedicine to bring it to their centre. A minimum of 8 participants should be signed up for the course to ensure a viable site.
COURSE LOCATIONS
| Region | Facilitator | Contact Information | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affiliate) | P: 647-385-3363 F: 647-427-2900 Email: drlicorishmindfulness@gmail.com | Via telemedicine into participant's home |
| Bolton | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affiliate) | P: 647-385-3363 F: 647-427-2900 Email: drlicorishmindfulness@gmail.com | Via telemedicine into participant's home |
| Brampton | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affiliate) | P: 647-385-3363 F: 647-427-2900 Email: drlicorishmindfulness@gmail.com | Via telemedicine into participant's home |
| Brampton | Vandana Sachdeva (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 905-790-1269 F: 905-790-1197 Email: vandana.sachdeva@lifemark.ca | Online only |
| Britt | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Cochrane | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Elliot Lake | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Espanola | Dr. Kim Perlin (Pre-Affiliate) | Online only | |
| Guelph | Dr. Daren Lin with Lindsay Duff (Pre-Affiliates) | F: 855-546-3925 | Currently only open to Guelph Family Health Team and Community Health Centre patients |
| Haliburton | Barb Fraser (Affiliate) | P: 705-455-9220 x 312 F 705-455-9315 | Online only |
| Hearst | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Iroquois Falls | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Kemptville | Natalie Carrière (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 613-371-6778 Email: info@thelighthouse-lephare.ca Webiste: https://www.thelighthouse-lephare.ca | Online only |
| Marmora | Amanda Friel-Brown (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 613-472-6131 F: 613-472-6135 | Online only |
| Milton | Angie Kingma (Affiliate) | P: 289-878-2255 Email: angie@mindfulnessforhealth.ca Website: MindfulnessforHealth.ca | Online only |
| Mindemoya | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| New Liskeard | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 F: 705-898-3106 Email: annie.hebert@sudestcsc.ca Website: www.sudestcsc.ca | Online only |
| Newmarket | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affiliate) | P: 647-385-3363 F: 647-427-2900 Email: drlicorishmindfulness@gmail.com | Via telemedicine into participant's home |
| Noelville | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| North Bay | Dr. Paul Preston (Certificant) | P: 705-495-1162 F: 705-495-1162 Email: prprestonpr@hotmail.com | Via Zoom into participant's home |
| North Bay | Dr. Lorin Young (Affiliate) with Nancy Pilon (Affiliate) | P: 705-478-7671 F: 705-478-7029 Attn: Nancy Pilon Email: npilon@nbnplc.com | Via Zoom into participant's home |
| North York | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affiliate) | Via telemedicine into participant's home | |
| Oakville | Carla Fox (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 647-239 5162 Email: carlafox@bell.net Website: www.carlafoxcounselling.com | Online only |
| Ontario: First Responders and Veterans MBCPM | Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix and Gord Lee (veteran) | P: 416-461-4333 F: 1-866-217-0746 Email: team@neuronovacentre.com | *Open to Veterans and First Responders residing in Ontario* Via Zoom into participant's home Click here for Info Sheet |
| Ontario | Dr. Frances O'Malley | P: 416-461-4333 F: 1-866-217-0746 Email: team@neuronovacentre.com | Via Zoom into participant's home Click here for Info Sheet |
| Ontario | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affilliate) | P: 647-385-3363 F: 647-427-2900 Email: drlicorishmindfulness@gmail.com | Via telemedicine into participant's home |
| Parry Sound | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Peterborough | Mark Fatum and Jenna Condon (Pre-Affiliates) | P: 705-740-8020 ext 335 F: 705-740-8027 Email: mark.fatum@peterboroughfht.com | Online only |
| Port Hope | Chris Hill (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 905-885-2626 x 280 F: 905-885-2646 Email: workshops@porthopechc.ca Website: porthopechc.ca/calendar/new | TBD |
| Powassan | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Richmond Hill | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affiliate) | P: 647-385-3363 F: 647-427-2900 Email: drlicorisdrlicorishmindfulness@gmail.com | Via telemedicine into participant's home |
| Sarnia | Pawan Singh (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 519-491-1110 F: 519-491-1109 Website: http://www.londonroadpsychotherapy.com/welcome | Online only |
| St. Charles | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Sudbury | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Timmins | Annie Hebert (Affiliate) | P: 705-898-2594 x 322 F: 705-898-3106 Website: www.univi.ca | Online only |
| Toronto (West) | Dr. Paulette Licorish (Affiliate) | P: 647-385-3363 F: 647-427-2900 Email: drlicorishmindfulness@gmail.com | Via telemedicine into participant's home |
| Toronto (St. Michael's Hospital) - For Patients with Multiple Sclerosis only | Cecilia Wan’s (Affiliate) | P: 416-864-6060 x 4026 | TBD |
| Course Location | Facilitator | Contact Information | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal, Quebec Canada | Dr. Allen Steverman (Certificant) | P: 514-890-8455 F: 514-412-7132 | Online via Zoom into participant's home. Only available for patients of Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal |
| Montreal, Quebec Canada | Dr. Allen Steverman (Certificant) | For course dates/ times / location please visit: www.mindspacewellbeing.com/programs/mindfulness-based-chronic-pain-management/ | On-Site only. Online via Zoom into participant's home. Course is taught in English. |
| Greensboro, Georgia, USA | Linda Calvo Kimbell (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 706-485-4004 Email: Lindak@mywellnessat.com | TBA |
| Montreal, Quebec Canada | Laurent Caille (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 514-932-7454 For course dinformation please visit: http://montrealosteopath.com/ | TBA TBA Courses are taught in English and French |
| Montreal, Quebec Canada | Shirin Bahram (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 514-886-3938 Email: info@kinotherap.com Website: www.kinotherap.com | TBA Courses are taught in English and French |
| Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | Frances Kirson (Pre-Affiliate) | P: 604-708-0966 Email: frances@franceskirson.com | Sessions: Online via Zoom or Skype and telephone |
ONLINE FIRST RESPONDERS AND VETERANS MINDFULNESS-BASED CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT (MBCPM™) COURSE
Run by a physician and a “lived experience” veteran, this is a course where First Responders and Veterans learn the principles of mindfulness meditation and how the practice may reduce symptoms of pain, occupational stress injury (OSI), PTSD, anxiety and burnout. Mindfulness practice can change the intensity of both emotional and physical suffering in a very positive way.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
First Responders and Veterans experiencing chronic pain and OSIs face increasing challenges in everyday life. The programme will provide Mindfulness training to help with:
- Reducing symptoms of pain, OSI, and burnout – increasing resilience
- Easing transition from traumas and troubling life events: Understanding triggers
- Improving life balance
- Renewing a sense of purpose
- Improving personal and professional relationships
- Managing anxiety, life stress, and feelings of isolation
- Possibly modifying medication requirements (with physician oversight)
CONTENT
The MBCPM™ programme is trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed and involves:
- Practicing mindfulness and meditation
- Understanding the connection between stress and mind/body challenges
- Enhancing self-care: Eating, exercising, and sleeping issues
- Working on behaviors and self-awareness in relationship with others and with self
Click here to download the NNC FR and Veteran Referral Form v.Sept 19 2020
Click here to download the First Responder and Veterans Information Poster: FR and Veteran Course September 2020 v.3
MINDFULNESS-BASED CHRONIC STRESS MANAGEMENT (MBCSM)
This course to is parallel to the pain course, as most of what is covered is just as relevant for those suffering from stress and stress-induced conditions. Facilitators trained to run the pain course can also run this course using the customized MBCSM workbook and the meditations created to accompany this course. Alumni from the pain course may also work with this workbook and find it to be a useful revision.
This course is particularly relevant to staff or corporations, health care workers and others in many industries and may help prevent stress-related challenges and enhance resilience.
MINDFULNESS-BASED CHRONIC STRESS MANAGEMENT (MBCSM) COURSE MATERIALS
Mindfulness-Based Chronic Stress Management Workbook
DOWNLOADS of MEDITATIONS
These downloads have been created to accompany the Mindfulness-Based Chronic Stress Management course. An added bonus is the poetry which can be used to encourage thoughtful discussion during this course, two of the poems helping with the concept of being mindful (Download 1) and two poems to shed light on the formal practices of body scan and guided imagery (Download 2). Alumni of the pain version of our courses will appreciate having these meditations, too. Music plays quietly behind the introductions and the poetry. It is not used in the formal practices: Music being a distraction from simply being open with awareness to whatever arises during the guidance.
MBCPM™ OR MINDFULNESS-BASED CHRONIC STRESS MANAGEMENT (MBCSM) ADVANCED REVIEW
Revision courses take the same content to a deeper level for Alumni of the basic courses. Facilitators who teach the basic pain course can facilitate these revision courses.
MINDFULNESS-BASED CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT (MBCPM™) ADVANCED REVIEW
MBCPM™ Advanced Review is open to participants who have completed at least one MBCPM™ course, have been consistent in attendance, and are meditating at least 5 days a week leading up to the MBCPM™ Advanced Review course.
The MBCPM™ Advanced Review courses are 12 to 13 weeks long, with participants attending once per week. Classes are 2.5 hours long, with a 15-minute break, and are a more in-depth revision of the content of the MBCPM™ course, with other alumni. Consistent attendance is required to remain in the course.
MBCPM™ COMMUNITY
MINDFULNESS MATTERS MAINTENANCE DROP-IN CLASSES
MBCPM™ Mindfulness Maintenance is called “Mindfulness Matters” and is a “drop-in” class for alumni of the MBCPM courses and trainings.
The class is open to alumni of MBCPM™ programmes. Anyone who has done a mindfulness programme elsewhere may also apply with a physician’s referral.
There are currently three ″Chapters” of “Mindfulness Matters” in Ontario, but as groups at health facilities can no longer congregate, the affected chapters are suspended during COVID-19 restrictions:
Chapter 1 is hosted by facilitators Annie Hebert RN and Barb Fraser MSW from Noelville and Haliburton respectively, and links with a number of sites via telemedicine including Aurora, Blind River, Bracebridge, Elliot Lake and Newmarket, but please check our table periodically for site updates. Scripts of themes and guidelines are provided by NNC, to explore through formal practice and discussion. Classes run on Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm EDT;
Chapter 2 is hosted by NNC, online, via Zoom interface into participant’s homes, following the NNC themes and guidelines, to be explored through formal practice and discussion each week. Classes run on Mondays from 7:00 to 8:15 pm EST via Zoom, hosted by NNC team members Debbie Joel and Katherine Hall.
Each session of 9 drop-in classes is $55 or $130 for the year (four sessions). There are four “sets” of classes per year. Unsure about attending for the first time? Try the first two classes for free and then $25 if you decide to continue the session. Where there is financial hardship special arrangements can be made by contacting NNC at team@neuronovacentre.com
| Chapter | Facilitator/Volunteer/Coordinator | Day/Time | Start Date | Region/Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Barb Fraser and Annie Hebert Please fax referrals to Annie Hebert at 705-898-3106 | TBA | TBA | Aurora, Blind River, Bracebridge, Elliot Lake, Haliburton, Newmarket and Noelville |
| Chapter 2 | Debbie Joel Christine Sugrue Katherine Hall Email:team@neuronovacentre.com NeuroNova Centre ONLINE Via Zoom P: 416-461-4333 F: 866-217-0746 | Mondays 7:00 - 8:15 pm EST | Free Holiday Session: December 7, 14, 21, 2020 Click here for Info Sheet | Online via Zoom into Participant's Home No Cost |
| Chapter 2 | Debbie Joel Christine Sugrue Katherine Hall Email:team@neuronovacentre.com NeuroNova Centre ONLINE via Zoom P: 416-461-4333 F: 866-217-0746 | Mondays 7:00 - 8:15 pm EST/EDT | 2021 Sessions (9 classes per session) Session 1: Jan. 11 to March 15, 2021 (no class Feb. 15) Session 2: April 12 to June 14, 2021 (no class May 24) Session 3: July 19 to Sept. 27, 2021 (no class Aug. 2 and Sept. 6) Session 4: Oct. 18 to Dec. 13, 2021 Click here for Info Sheet | Online via Zoom into Participant's Home Cost Trial: First 2 classes are free; then only $25 if you want to continue for the remaining 7 classes $55 for a full Session (9 classes) $130 for a calendar year of drop-in classes (4 full Sessions) (payments may be made in instalments) |
REFERRAL FORMS
Referral Form for Chapter 1: Mindfulness-Matters-Referral-Form
Referral Form for Chapter 2: MBCPM-Mindfulness-Matters-Class-Registration-Form-2020
EMOTIONAL SKILLS
The Emotional Skills course teaches insightful and less reactive ways to communicate effectively with others and with yourself. This can result in keeping pain more under control, as pain intensifies under stress. It is a 10-week course divided into 5 modules, each of which focuses on a specific topic, and participants work closely with the material in the Emotional Skills workbook.
Module 1: Emotional Development and Neural Pathways
Module 2: Emotions and the Immune System
Module 3: Mental Illnesses
Module 4: The Male and Female Brain
Module 5: Personality Differences
(Module 5 segways into the Lumina Spark course offered as the level 4 of the MBCPM™ series)
PRE-REQUISITES
- Two of the MBCPM™ Courses, OR
- One of the MBCPM™ Courses and one of the MBCPM™ Advanced Review Courses
- Consistent attendance at the prior courses
- Regular formal practice
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
The course is based on seven books, on which the Emotional Skills workbook for the course is based (Please note: you do not have to purchase these books, just the workbook):
| § Emotional Intelligence
§ Working with Emotional Intelligence § Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships § The Female Brain § The Male Brain § When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress § Why Zebras Don’t Have Ulcers |
By Daniel Goleman www.danielgoleman.info |
This course consists of 10 sessions.