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BT16 Short Course 40 - The Mindful Path to Habit Transformation: A Four Quadrant Model - Lawrence Peltz, MD
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Length: 1:30:12
Description:
We all have habits, from seemingly harmless to life threatening. But how do they work? And what makes them so resistant to change? This workshop presents a simple model of four categories of experience—the benefits and costs of maintaining v. relinquishing a habit. This brief approach emphasizes mindfulness practice and works well with other psychotherapeutic methods.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe the four quadrant model of habit costs and benefits.
- Demonstrate the place of mindfulness-based intervention in the treatment of habit and addictive disorders.
- Utilize these practices in psychotherapy and for clinician well-being.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Lawrence Peltz, MD
Larry Peltz is an addiction psychiatrist and medical director of the Bournewood-Caulfield Partial Hospitalization Program in Woburn,MA where he also maintains a private practice in psychotherapy and psychopharmacolgy.
