Retreats and Mindfulness Opportunities
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December 12th, 2025 - Friday - 9:00am-4:00pm
In-Person, One-Day Retreat
"Mindfulness for Clinical Stress Management"
Didactic and Experiential Day of Firsthand Learning
6 Hours CEs for BBS Licenses
at Serra Retreat Center in the Malibu Hills. Workshop includes Working Lunch Meditation
This workshop provides 6 Hours of mandatory BBS Continuing Education for
CA LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, LEPs and BBS Associates
Jerome Front, LMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
(Provider #15848) to sponsor Continuing Education for CA LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs.
Jerome Front, LMFT maintains responsibility for this course and its content. Pre-licensed members may earn hours of experience for attending this workshop as approved by their supervisors. CE Certificates provided onsite.
CAMFT CEP#: 015848 - LMFT#: MFC30359.
NOTE: This Training Retreat usually fills up - Register Early - especially if you will be attending with anyone!
This day of mindfulness is an oasis from the world's stress...
Savor the retreat center's amazing ocean vistas during this informative day for learning mindfulness by experiencing it.
This active training in mindfulness and meditation - taught in down-to-earth language- includes a
working silent-lunch meditation! No prior meditation experience
is necessary.
"Mindfulness for Clinical Stress Management"
Didactic and Experiential Day of Firsthand Learning
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This specific CE course emphasizes ”Mindfulness: Two-fold Clinical Practice Elements: Benefits Cultivated by: 1) Formal Meditation Practice, and 2) Informal/ Everyday Mindfulness Practices We will also define 3 key facets to mindful practice and how they form a foundation for Formal and Informal clinical interventions, and how the neurobiology research explains how they reduce stress. Topics also include the elements for cultivating calm and awe in everyday life. This clinical workshop will alternate between lecture, immersive /experiential mindful practice and active learning, as well as periods of discussion that deepen participants firsthand learning of clinical mindfulness necessary for using mindfulness-based interventions.
NOTE: This Training Retreat usually fills up - register early - especially if you will be attending with anyone!
This Course meets the qualifications for 6 CE Hours for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California
Board of Behavioral Sciences
CE HOURS for California LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs & LPCCs: You must be registered and signed in by 10:00am and stay until 4:00pm to receive 6 Hours CE Credit. You are required to Sign-Out Friday afternoon. There is no partial CE credit. CEs cannot be given for those who leave before the workshop ends at 4:00pm. The workshop provides 6 Hours of Mandatory CEs as required by the California BBS for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs California License Renewal.
Since this CE training is in an authentic contemplative setting, why sit in crowded conference rooms listening to lectures when you can relax during active learning, and get your CE hours.
Clinical CE Objectives:
1) List 3 Facets that Inform Mindfulness to Reduce Stress
2) Describe Two ways Formal Mindfulness Practices to Reduces Stress
3) List Two Questions Useful for Cultivating Informal Practice for Stress
4) Describe Two Ways Informal Mindfulness Practice Can Decrease Stress in Everyday Interactions
5) Identify Three Benefits of Mindful Sensory Nature Meditations: Refreshed Attention, Calm & Awe
6) Describe Two Evidence-based Clinical components of Awe
LOCATION: Serra Retreat Center 3401 Serra Rd, Malibu CA 90265
COST: (includes working lunch and full-day workshop)
> only $159.00! each Early Discount BEFORE December 5th
> $189.00 Regular Fee each, After December 5th
REFUNDS: Refunds: Fee is Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable – for any reason - after December 05, 2025. Prior to December 5th, fee is refundable minus 10% cancellation fee.
This is the original Los Angeles Mindfulness Retreat Workshop since 1996, where more than 4000 people have studied and deepened their mindfulness! To enhance experiential learning, this workshop includes
music, poetry, and a natural setting.
For complete CE information on this course, please review disability accommodations or call us: 818-760-7725. Jerome Front, LMFT is approved by the California Associationof Marriage and Family Therapists(Provider #15848)to sponsor Continuing Education forCA LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs.Jerome Front, LMFT maintains responsibility for this course and its content.
WEEKLY MEDITATION CLASS:
“Mindfulness Meditation, Contemplative Living & Reducing Stress”
If you've ever wanted to learn meditation in a safe environment or would like more relaxation, well-being and sanity as part of your everyday experience, this refreshing & life-affirming class is for you. The class provides instruction in Mindfulness Meditation and helps you find ways to infuse more peace and satisfaction in everyday life. The class draws on innovations in Mind-Body Medicine and traditional Contemplative practices. This class grows out one of the original resources for mindfulness in Los Angeles, since 1996.
Every class includes a lesson and an experiential practice. On-going depth lessons include: Increasing well-being; Bringing deeper presence and awareness to relationships and communication as well as sustaining meaning and creativity at work and at home. Experiential practices include: Sitting Meditation, Body-Scan, Sensory work, Gentle Stretching and more!
You'll receive weekly instruction, warm support and an on-going intimate practice community to sustain your progress. Pre-Registration is Required to Enter Class. No CE hours for this class.. This is an On-going class - not a drop-by class. Class recommended readings include: The Wise Heart and The Mindful Brain, written by, respectively, Jack Kornfield and Daniel Siegel, as well as Coming To Our Senses, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. More information by clicking on the "Mindfulness Meditation Class" option on the menu.
Meditative living is not an "alternative to ordinary life," but rather "ordinary life itself, lived more fully." Come taste how a regular meditation practice can infuse your days with a sweet, mindful awareness. For the next class cycle dates: (818) 760-7725.
This is an On-going class, paid in four consecutive-class cycles. Not a drop-by class: Online Class in Zoom Room - video participation required. Occasional in-person classes or events are scheduled in the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley areas.
Two Choices:
>Thursday Eves: 8:00-9:30pm. OR,
>Fridays: 11:00am to 12:30pm.
COST: Only $150 For a 4-Class Cycle.
No refunds or transfers for missed classes.
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