Patricia Rockman, MD, is a family physician with a focused practice in mental health. She is associate professor in the department of family and community medicine at the University of Toronto, and cofounder of the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto. She is a public speaker, curriculum developer, and teaches and mentors MBSR and MBCT.
Allison McLay, DCS RP, is a registered psychotherapist, and faculty at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto. She teaches MBSR and MBCT, and trains healthcare providers to deliver these modalities. She was author in curriculum development for the youth mindfulness program at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies.
M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C), is a Toronto-based child, adolescent, and family psychiatrist. She is experienced in integrating mindfulness training into therapeutic work with youth and adults in need of help with mental health challenges. Lee is a co-founding member of Mindfulness Toronto.
Mindfulness for Teens In this session, Patricia Rockman, Lee Freedman, and Allison McLay will use The Mindful Teen Workbook as a springboard to discuss and practice applied mindfulness for teens and for the adults in their world. We will examine how we might look at meeting the current needs of teens given the most recent evidence regarding mindfulness for this population.
The following will be addressed:
- Making mindfulness accessible for stress management, building compassion, and enhancing resilience
- Providing multiple modes of practice for mindfulness skill building
- Using self-inquiry, reflection, and customized mindfulness practices to make it personally relevant
- How the adults in teens’ lives can assist them to make mindfulness their own
DISCOVER THE MINDFUL TEEN WORKBOOK:
https://www.newharbinger.com/9781684039432/the-mindful-teen-workbook/