Mindfulness and Compassion Based Professional Practice (with TU Dublin)
Mindfulness and Compassion Based Professional Practice with TU Dublin (10 ECTs)
When working in a caring capacity, the ability to maintain a compassionate presence has the potential to enhance workplace interactions and relationships with students, clients, service users and patients. Compassionate presence can also create the potential for better job satisfaction, work life balance and deeper connection with those we work with.
Through an experiential approach and a critical examination of the theory and research around mindfulness and compassion, participants will develop an understanding of the application of mindfulness and compassion within their own workplace context.
On successful completion of this course:
- Participants will have developed a personal practice in Mindfulness and Compassion
- Participants will be able to demonstrate and have an awareness of the range of supports and tools that are utilised in Mindfulness and Compassion practices.
- Participants will have developed the capacity for reflective inquiry with self and those people they engage with in professional practice.
- Participants will be able to discuss and demonstrate the relevance of integrating Mindfulness and Compassion into professional contexts.
- Participants will develop the requisite knowledge and skills to guide short meditative practices.
- Participants will have critically appraised the influence of Mindfulness and Compassion on professional relationships.
Themes of the course:
- History and context of mindfulness focused practices.
- Reflective inquiry and the exploration of the relevancy and need for reflection.
- Tools for implementation engagement and development of experiential knowledge of meditation practices
- The claims for the impact of mindfulness and building a review of literature on mindfulness research.
- Compassion Definitions, rationales, practices and applications.
- Professional context and exploration of the use of research to generate professional knowledge and enhance understanding and practice and its application in the workplace.
Who is this for?
Professionals who would like to develop and integrate compassion based mindfulness into their professional setting, for example health care, education, youth work, rehabilitation, community and social services. Those professionals working in a frontline capacity.
Prerequisite/Entry Requirements
The applicants should have an academic achievement at level 7 of the national framework of qualifications (NFQ) or can provide evidence of achievement at that level through prior and experiential learning.
Price: €1,100
Timetable Info
Programme commences Thursday 8th October.
In person (The Sanctuary, Stanhope Street) attendance is required 10.00am - 16.00pm:
Thursday 8th October 2026
Thursday 22nd October 2026
Thursday 12th November 2026
Thursday 3rd December 2026
Thursday 10th December 2026
Thursday 14th January 2027
*Please note that the above is subject to change*
Please fill in the form below to express your interest in this programme.
