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How long have you been working as a mental health professional?
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2
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What does your role entail?
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3
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How did you become interested in Mindful Parenting?
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4
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What is Mindful Parenting?
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5
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What is the theoretical basis of Mindful Parenting?
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6 a)
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How is the course structured?
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b)
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How many hours of training do they attend each week?
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c)
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What is the course content?
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d)
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What is done in the classes? Is it a combination of information provision, self-reflection and group therapy?
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f)
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What aspects of the group dynamics promote insight/behaviour change?
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7)
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What are the crucial elements/the active ingredients of this program that promote behaviour change?
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8)
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What psychological processes do you think facilitate behaviour change?
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9)
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Share with us some examples of how it has changed your participants’ thinking, feelings, behaviour and parenting.
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10 a)
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Have you observed any examples of how it may have influenced the participants’ children?
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b)
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Have you noticed any differences in the birthing process, birth weight and on the child as they grow?
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11)
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Some of the change processes identified in the Mindful Parenting literature could be grouped under 5 headings: -
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Intention (Intentionality, Re-perceiving, Listening)
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b)
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Attitude (Non-judgmental acceptance, compassion)
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c)
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Attention (Attention to variability, attention regulation)
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d)
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Emotion (attunement, emotional awareness, affect regulation)
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e)
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Attachment (secure attachment)
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