Cascadia Training for Professional Development

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with the ONE Center Winter 2026
2026-02-23 18:30 - 2026-04-13 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with the ONE Center Winter 2026
NOTE: This is a ONE Center workshop. For all questions, please visit the ONE Center website here and email the ONE Center at ournewexperiences@gmail.com.
Presented by: Dr. Brenda Butterfield, EdD, MSW, LMHC
When: 8 weeks on Monday evenings, beginning Monday, February 23rd through Monday, April 13th from 6:30 – 9:00PM Pacific Standard Time. The day retreat (also offered online or in-person) will be Saturday, April 4th, 2026, from 9:00AM – 3:00PM
REGISTER BY 5pm on Monday, February 16th, 2026 on the ONE Center website here.
Where: Live via Zoom or in person at the ONE Center (7400 Gallagher Cove Road NW, Olympia, WA 98502)
Continuing Education Credit Hours: Up to 26 CEs | Sliding Scale ($395.00 – $575.00)
“I’m ready to be done worrying and feeling stressed out all the time.”
“I want more peace of mind.”
“I suffer from chronic pain and I want to learn how to manage it better.”
If any of these sound familiar, you may be ready for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This scientifically proven program, developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, has been shown to reduce stress, decrease chronic pain, and increase personal well-being.
Dr. Butterfield offers the MBSR course 2 times a year: Fall and Winter.
MBSR Winter 2026 will meet for 8 weeks on Monday evenings, either in-person or online, from 6:30 – 9:00PM Pacific Standard Time from February 23rd to April 13th. The day retreat (also hybrid) will be Saturday, April 4th, 2026 from 9:00AM – 3:00PM.
About the MBSR Course
In this 8-week MBSR course, you’ll practice techniques and develop skills based on the latest neuroscience to effectively manage and reduce stress. Research findings indicate that when practiced regularly, skills developed in this course can literally rewire the brain, resulting in improved health and overall well-being.
Routinely living life on automatic pilot, being unaware of how stressed out we are, does not serve us well. Our body, mind, and soul pay an increasingly high price indicated by symptoms of compromised physical, mental, emotional, and psychological health.
Scientifically-proven benefits of MBSR include:

Lowered stress levels

Reduced chronic pain (back pain, headaches, hypertension, etc.)

Decreased worry, anxiety, and depression

Fewer sleep problems

Improved emotional regulation

Sharpened mental focus and enhanced attention

Improved immune system functioning

Help with life-threatening medical illnesses

More satisfying relationships

Better ability to cope with grief and loss

Support for recovery from substance abuse

Increased joy, resilience, and compassion

In the MBSR course you will learn meditation practices to develop mindfulness, also referred to as present moment awareness. Through instruction and daily practice you will develop a capacity to notice when you’re stressed out and learn skills for how to take better care of yourself, minimizing the negative effect of stress in the moment and experiencing greater well-being.
The MBSR class offers instruction in:

mindfulness meditation (sitting and walking)

body awareness

mindful yoga and

self-reflective inquiry

You’ll be supported throughout the program to develop your own mindfulness practice to sustain you long after this class ends.
MBSR Course Details
Sessions: This class consists of 8 class sessions, a 6-hour retreat, and daily home practices. Instruction materials for the class are emailed or sent via US Post.
FEE & REGISTRATION
​Tuition for the class is offered on a sliding fee scale based on what you can pay. (Reduced fee $395, Full fee $450, Supporting fee $500). Professionals can earn up to 26 Continuing Education Credits: Please add an additional $75 fee to your tuition if earning CE Credits (therapists, counselors, social workers, RNs, CDPs, NDs, translators, and WA court interpreters).​

Reduced fee $395 + $75 CE credits = $470

Full fee $450 + $75 CE credits = $525

Supporting fee $500 + $75 = $575

About Your MBSR Instructor
This course is taught by Dr. Brenda S. Butterfield, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Doctorate of Education, Master of Social Work, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Founder of Our New Experience, LLC. Learn more about Dr. Butterfield »
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Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
2026-03-13 09:30 - 17:00 | Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, 98155, United States
Law & Ethics CEs!
Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park
Presented by: Becky Robbins, MA, LMHC, CEAT, CYT, NBT
When: Friday, March 13, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live, In-Person event at Shoreline Center – at 12pm, we will break for an hour lunch, and will then reconvene at Hamlin Park, located at 16006 15th Ave NE, Shoreline, WA, at 1:00 for the remainder of the workshop, which will be outdoors.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 6 CEs – 2 Law & Ethics CEs| $199.00
This Introduction to Nature Therapy: More than a Walk in the Park workshop allows participants to become familiar with nature-based therapy, specifically, what is involved in a “walk-and-talk” therapy session outdoors in a natural setting. Participants will become aware of the legal and ethical considerations necessary to provide this option for client sessions. Participants will learn the key concepts and significant benefits of providing therapy sessions outdoors, in a natural setting, complemented by using expressive arts modalities. The presenter will also teach how these approaches connect through a polyvagal lens.
Participants will learn what it takes to provide ethical, impactful, confident, and competent therapy for clients in an outdoor natural setting. The presenter will teach participants how to include expressive arts modalities and somatic awareness techniques into nature therapy, as these techniques will be interwoven throughout this daylong experience. Experientials will be facilitated to aid participants in their own embodied experience of a session in nature. Participants will leave this course ethically and legally prepared to facilitate an outdoor, nature-based therapy session, understanding the client appropriateness (what clients are a good fit for this type of therapy), location considerations (parks, trails, beaches, weather conditions, parking, etcetera), and critical skills needed for facilitating a helpful walk-and-talk session outdoors (multidimensional awareness, various approaches to facilitation, and safety considerations). Participants will leave this experiential workshop feeling confident and inspired to offer a more integrated clinical approach than they thought possible!
OBJECTIVES:

Consider legal, ethical, and documentation implications for doing nature-based therapy outdoors.
Identify important considerations for specific populations.
Understand the legal and ethical considerations of practicing nature-based therapy in a walk-and-talk session.
Describe differences among ecotherapy, nature-based, adventure-based, and wilderness therapies.
Identify key concepts of ecotherapy and nature-based therapy
Assess who to work with and when, where to go and why, and what to expect and consider in various regions and environments when using nature-based therapy.
Understand the therapist’s identity in nature-based versus ecotherapy practices.
Introduce common types of nature-based approaches into walk-and-talk therapy sessions.

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