Fri Nov 8th to Sun Nov 10th, 2024

Ottawa, ON

A small group retreat designed specifically ​for women in medicine

with Helen J Butlin, PhD

Reg. Psychotherapist

7.75 hours

Section 1 CPD CREDITS

ROC + CFPC

Mindfulness at Centrepointe, ​Nepean (Ottawa)

“... how great it feels to have colleagues listen and validate my strengths.”.

You will leave with practical wisdom ​tips created together to work into your ​personal life and clinical practice going ​forward. And know you are not alone in ​the challenges as women practicing ​medicine.

Saturday ~ 9.00am to 4.30pm

• Light breakfast & refreshments
• Learn the basics of mindful self-compassion and ​principles of fierce self-compassion as developed by Dr. ​Kristen Neff & specifically tailored to the experiences of ​women physicians. Mindful Movement pauses woven in.
• Lunch on-site
• Learning a key skill for buffering self-worth & mental ​health from structural & gender biased harms
• Guided meditation for restoring connection to nature for ​deep regulation of body/nervous system
• Mindful Movement for mental focus and calming
  

Wisdom sees what before was ​hidden from view!

About Helen

www.helenjbutlin.com

Helen is a Registered Psychotherapist and holds a doctorate in Health ​Professional Education from Western University. She worked in ​psychotherapy and counselling roles in health care for twenty-one ​years before opening her private practice in 2019.

Her clients are a range of practitioners in front line professions and ​she provides a referral-based service for the Ontario Medical ​Association’s Physician Health Program. Helen has worked with the ​research and practices developed in Mindful Self-Compassion since ​2009 and graduated from the ‘Self-Compassion In Psychotherapy’ 9-​month Training Intensive.

She brings practical tips for giving yourself compassion in busy daily ​life without the ‘cushion-sitting’. Helen’s unique approach in group ​facilitation guides an emergent ‘group wisdom’ so that each group ​experiences a rich, in-depth discovery of insights and wisdom that ​can be taken into daily life afterwards; and ensure no two retreats are ​the same.

Practice being a ​compassionate mess!

Dr. Kristin Neff &

Dr. Christopher Germer,

MSC Workbook (2018)

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Apply the three fundamental components of Mindful Self-Compassion (mindfulness, ​common/shared humanity, kindness) using the framework developed by Neff & ​Germer (2018) during dysregulation or distress. Skills learned are applicable to daily ​life for recovery from triggering situations such as moral injury, gender bias, complex ​clinical issues, and interpersonal conflict.
   
2. Apply the 3 principles of "fierce self-compassion" (Protecting, Providing, Motivating) ​by Neff (2021) to mitigate the risk of "empathy burnout" (Singer & Klimecki, 2014). ​Develop the skill to shift the nervous system from dysregulated distress responses to ​anchored, regulated responses, fostering resilience against burnout symptoms.
   
3. Employ a practical application of the Validating Strengths exercise for oneself and ​peers building a microhabit over time for self-worth buffering in difficult workplace ​experiences with gender-bias embedded in them.
4. Self-apply a meditation skill to experience deepening of their embodied connection ​with nature using a method to (re)experience nature as interconnected with human ​life (from indigenous knowledge systems) fostering regulation of the nervous system ​into a calmer, resting state (Wall-Kimerer, 2015). It provides an experience that can be ​implemented in daily life to enhance mental health and well-being (Leavell et.al., 2019)
5. Gain hands-on learning for application of the Validating Strengths skill in peer ​debriefing, facilitating dysregulation to regulation for buffering from the mental-​emotional impact.
6. Apply 2 'wisdom nuggets' that most resonate from the group wisdom in large group ​discussion for managing gender bias in practice.

Helen has an entirely refreshing and unique approach with ​meaningful content and insight. She brings her years of ​experience working in healthcare and supporting physicians with ​career and system navigation along with robust, practical ​evidence-informed skills training and mental-emotional support ​for our psychological well-being… I have seen her transform the ​perspectives of the apprehensive physicians sitting in the room ​who are there because they know they need something for ​themselves but have never sought help in this way. She naturally ​brings safety, community, and calm to a group…. Helen’s ​guidance towards building meaningful support both internally for ​ourselves and with others using grounded, practical and essential ​exercises that help us cultivate self-compassion is different than ​anything we have experienced before. Her interventions and ​skills are tailored to our specific profession and responsibilities ​as women (in her women physician retreats) and physicians in ​general. Her teaching and guidance is unlike anything I have ​witnessed from a non-physician and shows her expertise with our ​unique profession. I have been to many wellness sessions offered ​through hospitals and other venues and heard many people talk, ​but the person I keep coming back to and always want more from ​is Helen Butlin."

~ Dr. Anna Gunz (MD, FRCPC, FAAP),

Pediatric Intensivist, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

I learned the value of motivating myself

with kinder self-talk.

"Helen Butlin is such a gifted practitioner and very ​experienced in her work with physicians. She is ​compassionate, very knowledgeable and catered the ​content so that it was very relevant to physicians. ​I’ve participated in retreats for female physicians ​with Helen and they have been such an amazing ​experience. We discussed both theory and practical ​approaches that we could use in our everyday ​practice. The hands-on exercises were very ​interesting, helpful and thoughtfully planned. I ​wouldn't hesitate to recommend Helen’s retreats to ​any physician."

~Dr. Brianna McKelvie (MD, FRCPC)

Pediatric Intensivist, CHEO

Registration

Includes Fri dinner, Sat & Sun ​light breakfast & Sat & Sun lunch

(accommodation not included)

Early Bird: $700 (inc.HST)

(by Oct 15, 2024)

General Reg: $775 (inc. HST)

(by Nov 5, 2024)

Email: helen@helenjbutlin.com

Indicate your wish to register

& e-transfer information

will be provided

Hope you can join us!

CPD Accreditation

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria ​of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by Continuing ​Professional Development, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western ​University for up to 7.75 Mainpro+ credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the ​Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and ​Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Continuing Professional Development, ​Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. You may claim a ​maximum of 7.75 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Hope you can join us!