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Positive Psychology Coaching and Mindfulness
Understand the practice of mindfulness within positive psychology coaching.
- INSTRUCTOR: DR. TONY TONEATTO
- DATES: APR 6 - MAY 4, 2022 (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST)
- ICF CREDITS: 5.25 CORE COMPETENCIES / 6.75 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
In Progress
Positive Psychology Coaching and Mindfulness
Understand the practice of mindfulness within positive psychology coaching.
- INSTRUCTOR: DR. TONY TONEATTO
- DATES: APR 6 - MAY 4, 2022 (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST)
- ICF CREDITS: 5.25 CORE COMPETENCIES / 6.75 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Course overview
Utilize Mindfulness
This applied course will focus on the practice of mindfulness within positive psychology coaching.
Students will learn how to incorporate mindfulness practices into various positive psychology interventions (PPIs) they use and teach their clients. They will also learn how to develop their own coaching skills using mindfulness, and how to undertake a mindfulness-informed coaching session.
The integration of mindfulness within the VIA character strengths will also be illustrated.
Since mindfulness as a coaching tool requires the coach to also practice mindfulness, students will be shown how to develop their own coaching-relevant mindfulness practice. Students will also become familiar with several ways to assess mindfulness as a way to measure acquisition of these skills.
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Course Learning Objectives
During the Positive Psychology Coaching and Mindfulness course, you will:
Learning Objective #1
Understand the components of mindfulness practice.
Learning Objective #2
Learn how mindfulness practice deepens coaching interventions.
Learning Objective #3
Learn how to develop a mindfulness-based coaching practice.
Learning Objective #4
Understand how mindfulness can be incorporated within an evidence-based coaching framework.
Learning Objective #5
Become familiar with several mindfulness assessment tools and how to use them in their coaching practice to inform practice.
Learning Objective #6
Understand how to integrate mindfulness into the application of character strength interventions.
Further details
Schedule, Format & Fees
This course is delivered online via four three hour live, interactive sessions on Zoom. In total, there are 12 live training hours across four weeks, plus assessments.
Week One
The Mindful Coach: Understanding and Learning How to Practice Mindfulness
- Introduction to the course.
- Review of Mindfulness. Survey of the emergence of mindfulness practices.
- Incorporating Mindfulness. Developing a mindfulness practice.
- Assessing Mindfulness. Overview of major tools. How to use and interpret them in coaching practice.
- Mindfulness Self-Assessment. Identify areas to deepen personal mindfulness practice.
- Coaching practice: dyad coaching.
Week Two
Integrating Mindfulness Interventions into Coaching Practice
- Outline learning objectives for the session.
- Introducing Mindfulness to Coachees. Optimal methods of introducing mindfulness.
- Mindfulness Acceptance and Commitment (MAC) theory (Spence).
- Coaching practice: in dyads, engage in coaching role-play.
Week Three
Integrating Mindfulness into Character Strength Interventions
- Outline learning objectives for the session.
- Mindfulness and Character Strengths (Niemiec).
- Coaching practice: examine each character strength using Niemiec’s approach to integrating mindfulness and character strengths.
Week Four
Application of Mindfulness Interventions in Coaching Practice: Case Studies
- Outline learning objectives for the session.
- Case studies – in small groups, students will be presented with a case study. They will discuss what mindfulness- based approaches and tools they would apply.
- Summary of opportunities and challenges in adapting and integrating mindfulness.
- Future Directions in Mindfulness Practices.
Virtual Graduation & Student Testimonials
Learn how the IPPC has helped and impacted coaches
Meet your instructor
Dr. Tony Toneatto
Dr. Tony Toneatto is a Faculty of the Masters of Pastoral Studies (Buddhism) at Emmanuel College at the University of Toronto, and teaches several courses on Buddhism and psychotherapy.
He was also the Director of the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health undergraduate program at the University of Toronto devoted to the convergence of Buddhist and Western psychology from 2007-2020.
Dr. Toneatto is a registered Clinical Psychologist and a psychoanalyst. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from McGill University and spent 23 years at the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto as a senior clinical research scientist in addiction. Dr. Toneatto has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the areas of substance addiction, pathological gambling, and mindfulness meditation. He is a 30-year practitioner of meditation and once held an audience with the Dalai Lama. He has undertaken training in Professional Co-Active Coaching.
