Ten years ago, we (Frank Musten & Lynette Monteiro) were inspired by the development of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (see Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A new approach to preventing relapse by Zindel Segal, J. Mark Williams & John Teasdale; Guilford Press) and, after a brief correspondence with Dr. Segal, launched the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic. It [...]
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Fostering the Mind of Poverty
Is it unethical to bring awareness to certain life circumstances? by Lynette Monteiro & Frank Musten The Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic Teacher Training Retreat brings out the best in our participants and this session was no different. One of the questions that arose from our examination of the impact of the various exercises we invite a [...]
A Celebration of 10-years and a new site!
The OMC began in 2003 with a class of 10 people drawn from our private practice. We met in a conference room at the Riverside Hospital that barely fit 12 of us and a three-section oak conference table. Each evening that table had to be stacked in the corner so we could do the Body [...]
Springing into a new future
Happenings at the OMC The OMC began its Spring programming on May 4 with two MBI classes and another on May 6 focusing on burnout resiliency training. The classes are at capacity but we managed to squeeze in a couple of extra folks who really, really wanted to join up for a life change. How [...]
MBCT course at Kripalu
Our dear colleagues Susan Woods and Miv London are teaching a weekend-long course in MBCT at Kripalu. From the Kripalu site: The Mindful Heart of Psychotherapy: An Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Susan Woods and Miriam London Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW, is a mindfulness-based psychotherapist in private practice. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings since [...]
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