Zindel Segal, co-founder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), reflects on the future directions of MBCT as it approaches its tenth anniversary. With the establishment of reliable outcome data for the efficacy of MBCT treatment, we now need to look at the actual way in which MBCT effects these positive changes. Clarifying mechanisms of action is [...]
Author: OMC
One Minute Mindfulness – a book of continuous practice
Donald Altman is a psychotherapist, a former Buddhist monk, and author of The Mindfulness Code. Another book he wrote, Meal by Meal: 365 Daily Meditations for Finding Balance through Mindful Eating, could easily be a precursor to his current effort, One Minute Mindfulness. Altman comes with impressive credentials and it does more than lend weight [...]
A Word by any other Name
The word "mindfulness" has become a main-stay in our vocabulary these days. I hear it used every where and it takes on a very individualistic meaning. The speaker could be referring to a course they took, a skill they learned, or it can even be a way of playing that one-up, one-down game of the [...]
Standing Up To Burn Out
Our inaugural course for burn out has yielded a treasure trove of information. Ten participants took part in the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Burn Out Resiliency Program from May to June. All ten participants completed the course and reported that it had changed their perspectives on how to manage the work-personal life dimensions more effectively. Measures of [...]
Teacher Training Graduates 2011
We are thrilled to present the Professional Training Program graduating class of 2011. An exciting mix of health care professionals coming from across the Ottawa-Valley community. Our newest teacher/facilitators of Mindfulness-Based Interventions are psychologists, social workers, clinical counsellors, coaches, addictions counsellors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. They committed to participating in the 8-week program as participant-observers, [...]
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