Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction or deficit-fixing, the session explores meeting thoughts, feelings, and sensations as they arise—as an intelligent doorway to reclaiming our wholeness.
Participants will be introduced to how Presence Oriented Psychotherapy works clinically with anxiety and depression through presence, attunement, and embodied listening, without prematurely labeling or restructuring experience.
The webinar will also look at Mindfulness-Based Interventions, particularly Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), from a clinical lens- not as a technique, but within a relational context that strengthens awareness, insight, and wisdom.
The session will conclude with an orientation to the Two-Year Presence Oriented Psychotherapy Training Program, outlining its clinical applications, learning methodology, and suitability for practicing therapists and clinicians.
What we will explore together:
Shifting from symptom-focused to wholeness-oriented perspectives
Presence Oriented Psychotherapy(POP) in working with anxiety and depression
Presence, attunement, and embodied listening in therapy
MBCT in clinical practice
Overview of the Two-Year POP Training Program
Details
Date: 28th January 2026
Time: 7:00 PM IST
Mode: Online
Who Is This Webinar For
Mental health professionals and clinicians
Therapists working with anxiety and depression
Those interested in presence-based, relational, and embodied approaches
Sandy Dias Andrade
Internationally Certified MBCT teacher, Mindfulness & Presence Oriented Psychotherapist
Sandy has been a practicing psychotherapist for over twenty-five years and works with a Mindfulness and Presence-Oriented Psychotherapeutic approach, integrating somatic, attachment-based, and trauma-resolution perspectives. Her specialization is in developmental trauma in adults.
She is deeply interested in merging mainstream psychological processes with wisdom-based approaches, an integration that has shaped the vision and work of the Just Being Center and the professional trainings she has developed for mental health practitioners.
Sandy has developed, designed, and leads the Just Being’s flagship training program- Presence Oriented Psychotherapy(Integrating Mindfulness, Compassion and Wisdom – A Non-Dual Approach), as well as the Mindfulness-Based Counselling: Listening with Embodied Presence.
She also curates and mentors the applied mindfulness-based programs offered through the Center and is a certified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Teacher.
She holds an international certification in MBCT from the Center of Mindfulness, University of California, San Diego, USA,and is listed on the international MBCT directory. She has also trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
