mindfulness expert certification
University Course
Specialization in
Positive Mindfulness
Certified by EUNEIZ
euneiz
REQUEST INFORMATION
Online Format
6 credits
150 hours
Live classes
Personalized support
Welcome to a transformative course, Positive Mindfulness is a course that combines mindfulness and Positive Psychology to help you manage your emotions, cultivate well-being and live with more meaning. Through a practical and science-based approach, you will learn to relate to yourself and your environment from calm, acceptance and well-being.

What will you
learn?IEPP smile

1

Transform your mind

Discover how Mindfulness, in combination with Positive Psychology, can change your outlook on the world and help you live with greater well-being.

2

Neuroplasticity

You will understand how the practice of mindfulness modifies your brain, regulating your emotions and enhancing your overall well-being.

3

Presence

Capture the essence of being in the now and its transformative impact on everyday life.

4

Acceptance and Purpose

You will learn to stop fighting your emotions and start living with greater serenity. You will move toward committed action, aligned with your values and meaning.

5

Psychological Flexibility

You will develop psychological flexibility, a key skill for adapting to challenges without losing internal balance.

6

Promotion of well-being

You will cultivate well-being by developing mindfulness towards valuable aspects such as cultivation of positive emotions, personal strengths, flow, healthy discernment.

Own degree certified by the EUNEIZ university

We Care About Your Learning

A great team of professionals will be attentive and will closely support you in your evaluation.

Aroa Ruiz

Responsible for Mindfulness programs at IEPP

Health Psychologist

Col. Nº M-23967

This training is the result of an exhaustive compilation of the exercises and resources that have worked best for Aroa Ruiz in his professional career. We have made that effort to be able to bring together all this knowledge in the same space and make it as useful to you as it has been to her when working with her students.

  • Graduate in Psychology (UNED).
  • Specialist in Psychopathology and Health Promotion (UNED).
  • Expert in Positive Psychology (IEPP)
  • Master's in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (SEMPyP)
  • Master in Mindfulness for Emotional Management. (University of Malaga)
  • Mindfulness Instructor (UNED)
  • Master in Coaching and Emotional Intelligence (University of Oviedo)
  • University Specialist in Third Generation Therapies / Contextual Therapies (University of Almería)

Teaching team

Miguel Quintana iepp

Miguel Quintana

Doctor in Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and carried out his postdoctoral stay in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience of the Karolinska Institute.

Rocío Trillo

Rocío Trillo

Health psychologist and Graduate in Economics and Business Sciences, with more than 20 years of experience in the corporate field. She is an expert in Mindfulness in Health Contexts and Psychological Coaching.

Dafne Cataluña iepp

Dafne Cataluña

Psychologist and founder of the IEPP. One of the pioneers in introducing Positive Psychology applied in Spain and creator of the FORTE test

Eva Herber

Eva Herber

Psychologist and coach. Her work focuses on recovering well-being after stressful life experiences. As a trainer, she has taught courses in multiple companies and countries, and collaborates with entities such as the College of Psychologists of Madrid.

Syllabus

Module I: The powerful link between Mindfulness and emotions for well-being

  • Introduction
  • Positive Mindfulness
  • What is happiness?
  • Wellbeing Architecture
  • Mindfulness: defining the concept
  • Emotions: definition and differentiation
  • Emotional classification models
  • Emotions and their adaptive value
  • Evaluation tools
  • Bibliographic references

Module II: Benefits of combining Mindfulness and emotional management. Conscious emotional management

  • Introduction
  • Emotional management based on Mindfulness. Concept and integration.. Emotional knowledge as a strength
  • Benefits of conscious emotional management
  • Conscious emotional management. Applications and techniques
  • Conscious emotional management in interpersonal relationships
  • Evaluation of emotional well-being
  • Conscious emotional management in daily life.
  • Final considerations
  • Bibliographic references

Module III: Neuroscience of the relationship between Mindfulness and the role of emotions

  • Introduction
  • Affective neuroscience
  • The brain and emotions
  • How Mindfulness Impacts the Emotional Brain
  • Rewiring the emotional brain. From emotional chaos to inner serenity
  • Studies in affective neuroscience. Individual studies and meta-analyses
  • Final conclusions on Neuroscience of Mindfulness and emotions.
  • Bibliographic references

Module IV: Contact with the present moment

  • Introduction and objectives
  • The hexaflex model. The six pillars of acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Introduction to Mindfulness in the hexaflex model.
  • Strategies for cultivating mindfulness
  • Practical exercises. Connection with the present moment.
  • Working with the "self-as-context". The importance of metaphors in the hexaflex model
  • The cultivation of consciousness. Practical exercises
  • Bibliographic references

Module V: Acceptance: transforming internal struggle. How to move out of discomfort

  • Introduction and objectives.
  • Acceptance. Transforming internal struggle
  • Cognitive defusion. Change the relationship with thoughts
  • Psychological inflexibility
  • Starting to promote practices for acceptance
  • Bibliographic references

Module VI: Toward committed action

  • Introduction and objectives
  • Values ​​Clarification
  • Committed action. From values ​​to facts
  • Introduction to well-being from ACT
  • Bibliographic references

Module VII: Psychological flexibility

  • Introduction and objectives
  • Psychological flexibility
  • Psychological rigidity in our daily lives
  • Mental rules. When the mind imposes limits on us
  • Benefits of cultivating psychological flexibility
  • Psychological flexibility. Hexaflex and long-lasting well-being.
  • Bibliographic references

Module IX: How to create positive emotions from Mindfulness

  • Introduction and objectives
  • Positive emotions. What are they?
  • Recent research. Mindfulness enhances and sustains positive emotions
  • Expand the vocabulary of positive emotions
  • Bibliographic references

Module X: The power of strengths

  • Introduction and objectives
  • What are strengths?
  • Important distinctions
  • How are strengths expressed?
  • FORTE Strengths Rating
  • Bibliographic references

Module XI: Mindfulness and Strengths

  • Introduction and objectives
  • Strengths, mindfulness and well-being
  • Activate the synergy between strengths, well-being and Mindfulness
  • Bibliographic references

Module XII: Enjoy being effective

  • Introduction and objectives
  • ​Flow: a state of enjoyment and optimal performance
  • Mindfulness as a way to Flow
  • Practical application

Module XIII: Cultivating discernment

  • Introduction and objectives
  • Discernment as a cognitive and practical skill
  • Mindfulness as a facilitator of discernment
  • Bibliographic references

Module XIV: Areas of application of Positive Mindfulness

  • Introduction and objectives
  • Positive Mindfulness Framework
  • Areas of application of Positive Mindfulness
  • Final considerations for practical application
  • Bibliographic references

Other resources you have in training:

Testing center

Assessment center with easy-to-interpret tools to measure aspects such as well-being or emotional management, including the exclusive balanced strengths test (FORTE)

Complementary material

You will have access to an extensive library with multiple readings and videos to explore the concepts that interest you most in greater depth.

Access requirements

  • Be over 18 years old.
  • Have an interest in personal growth and emotional well-being.
  • Have a stable internet connection.
  • Have electronic devices to access video lessons and online resources.
  • A commitment to self-reflection is required.
  • It will be necessary to put the learned techniques into practice to ensure a transformative training experience.

Skills you acquire with this course

General skills

  • Understand the theoretical and practical foundations of positive Mindfulness
  • Develop mindfulness and emotional self-regulation skills through meditative practice and emotional awareness
  • Integrate Mindfulness in Positive in different areas of the everyday life
  • Develop resources for shape personal change and transformation identifying barriers and promoting values-based engagement
  • Explore the scientific basis of Mindfulness and its positive effects on personal well-being, including contributions from neuroscience.
  • Know your personal strengths and promote them through mindfulness.
General skills
Specific skills

Specific skills

  • Identify and manage emotions through mindfulness and emotional management practices
  • Cultivate positive emotions and personal strengths from an appreciative perspective oriented towards transformation and well-being
  • Apply positive mindfulness exercises for the promotion of well-being and self-regulation
  • Integrate personal values ​​into everyday life, acting from the coherence between what I feel, think and do.
  • Design wellness routines based on mindfulness, with a preventive and transformative approach.

Transferable skills

  • Foster self-awareness and self-observation as a basis for more conscious and coherent decision making.
  • Implement conscious emotional management, paying attention to emotions and their valuable information.
  • Develop psychological flexibility, learning to respond openly to everyday challenges.
  • Apply Mindfulness as a healthy coping strategy, favoring the balance between performance and well-being.
  • Continuous learning capacity, adapting to new approaches and tools for the continuous improvement of personal and professional well-being.
Transferable skills

Where we areIEPP smile

We are located in different centers across Spain. Our headquarters are in Madrid, and we also have centers in Italy and the United States.

Madrid branch

C/ Orense 17,

28020,

Madrid

+34 91 126 82 67

672 25 54 45

[email protected]