Overthinking | Eight-week training for Mental Health Professionals
Master Practical Strategies to Support Clients Struggling with Overthinking and Unhelpful Thought Patterns
Wednesday mornings, 9am to 10.00am from 2 April to 21 May 2025, café style learning. Course includes certificate of attendance (8 CPD hours) and resources. Fee: €95.
Learn effective interventions designed to help clients break free from cycles of overthinking, rumination, and negative thinking. Research shows a strong connection between overthinking and mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD (Kaiser et al., 2016). This training will examine the two-way relationship between overthinking and mental health, offering valuable insights into how these patterns influence mood and emotional well-being.
Key Learning Points:
✅Understanding Overthinking Dynamics
Identify mental habits linked to overthinking, rumination, anxiety, and social anxiety.
Recognise the role of overthinking in chronic pain, illness, and depression in persistent negative thoughts.
✅Targeting Negative Thinking & Core Beliefs
Reduce rumination, perfectionism, and reactivity.
Uncover subconscious rules, schemas, and core beliefs shaping behaviours.
✅Understanding OCD & Overthinking Dynamics
Recognise the cyclical nature of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours.
Explore cognitive biases, selective attention, and the role of thought-action fusion in OCD.
Understand internal safety-seeking behaviours and how they reinforce compulsions.
Identify the impact of rumination and over-analysis in maintaining OCD symptoms.
✅Effective Cognitive Strategies
Teach thought monitoring, positive reappraisal, and doubt-reducing techniques.
Address procrastination and perfectionism through tailored interventions.
✅Therapeutic Integration & Mindfulness
Apply techniques from CBT, ACT, DBT, and MBCT.
Manage the inner critic, impostor syndrome, and ambivalence.
Cultivate mindfulness to navigate intrusive thoughts and PTSD-related overthinking.
Empower your clients to regain control and foster mental resilience.
Wednesday mornings, 9am to 10.00am from 2 April to 21 May 2025 Facilitator: Gerry
Cunningham, MIAHIP, MIACP
Cost: €95
Training includes notes and certificate and 8 hours CPD training.
Booking: mindfulnessclinic.ie | info@mindfulnessclinic.ie | 087-7989 301
