Workshop times and program
Day 0 (Sunday 5th November): 16:00-18:00 (2 hours)     
Attachment theory and schema modes.
Day 4 (Monday 6th November): 9:00-18:00  (6 hours)          
Trauma and borderline personality disorder.  Ethical issues in working with personality disorders.
Day 5 (Tuesday 7th November): 9:00-18:00  (6 hours)
1) Working with the relationship: Setting limits and therapist triggering; 2) Narcissistic and cluster C personality disorders.               
Day 6 (Wednesday 8th November): 9:00-18:00  (6 hours)
1) Behavioural pattern breaking;  2) Other applications of schema therapy.

In Cape Town, the MBCT course runs for 8 consecutive weeks on a Wednesday in the conference room at St. Michaels Church in Ronderbosch. The evening sessions begin at 5:30pm and are about 2 – 2.5 hours duration. There is also a Saturday session from 9am-3pm, which is between the 6th and 7th sessions. The course is a 30 hour intervention and it costs R5900 (which includes all tuition and materials). This amount is redeemable from most medical aids and payment plans are available. 

Matthew Watkin is a registered clinical psychologist and mindfulness teacher. Since 2006 he has worked as a psychotherapist in private practise. His practise focuses primarily on individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults with stress, anxiety and mood dysregulation. He is also involved in training groups in the public and private sectors using mindfulness-based approaches. His Masters thesis explored the factors underpinning change in people practising mindfulness. After graduation, in 2003, he completed an internship in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the Centre for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre. Since his return to South Africa in 2004 he has facilitated the standard 8 –week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) programs for stress, mood and anxiety disorders. He is a director and founding member of the South African Institute for Mindfulness (IMISA). His primary interests include the application of mindfulness in mood and anxiety disorders, stress management, emotion regulation and performance. 

If you would like to know more about this work, you are welcome to make contact directly at 021-6855775 or email matthew@mindfulness.co.za or please visit www.mindfulness.co.za If one is interested in participating in the next course, then the next step is to arrange for a brief meeting (no charge).