Dr Rebecca Crane
Reader in Psychology
Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice
Room 249, Brigantia Building, Bangor University
Gwynedd LL57 2AS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388066
Email: r.crane@bangor.ac.uk
bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness
implementing-mbct.co.uk
Qualifications
- Professional: Certification as a teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, 2010 - MA: Masters in Mindfulness-Based Approaches
University of Wales, Bangor, 2002–2005 - Professional: Accredited Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
1994 - Other: Post Graduate Diploma In Counselling
University of Wales, Bangor, 1992–1994 - Professional: Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, Oxford, 1984–1987 - PhD: From research to practice: integrity and pragmatics in implementing mindfulness-based interventions
2010–2015 - Professional: Professional Registration, Occupational Therapist with the Health & Care Professions Council
Overview
Rebecca Crane PhD directs the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University and has played a leading role in developing its training and research programme since it was founded in 2001. She teaches and trains internationally in both Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Her research and publications focus on how the evidence on mindfulness-based interventions can be implemented with integrity into practice settings. She has written Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Distinctive Features 2017, co-authored Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at Risk of Suicide, 2017 and is a Principle Fellow with the Higher Education Academy.
Teaching and Supervision
I founded the first Master's programme in the field of mindfulness at Bangor University. It has gone from strength to strength since we started out in 2003. Students can choose the route that most suits their interests - a route leading to certification in MBCT or MBSR; a route leading to an empirical thesis; and options to take your Masters in 3 years or up to five years.
I also train internationally in MBCT and MBSR. And offer training in the use of our competence framework - the MBI:TAC.
Research Interests
My research investigates the practical implications of the evidence for mindfulness-based interventions – how do we support implementation in main stream settings in ways that preserve the integrity and effectiveness of the approach whilst also adapting to fit the context? Specifically my research investigates the process of MBCT implementation in the UK health service; ways of assessing mindfulness-based teaching competence; the links between training level, teaching competence and participant outcome; and adaptations of existing models of delivery.
I am keen to explore the role that mindfulness training can play in wider systemic transformation to reverse climate breakdown and enable flourishing for humans and the natural systems we are part of, and aim to integrate social justice frameworks into the way I approach teaching and research.
Dr Rebecca Crane is a member of the Clinical, Health, & Behavioural Psychology research group.
Publications
2019
- Published‘Mind the gaps’: the accessibility and implementation of an effective depression relapse prevention programme in UK NHS services: learning from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy through a mixed-methods study
Rycroft-Malone, J., Gradinger, F., Owen Griffiths, H., Anderson, R., Crane, R., Gibson, A., Mercer, S. & Kuyken, W., 8 Sep 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 9, e026244.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMixed experiences of a mindfulness-informed intervention: Voices from people with intellectual disabilities, their supporters, and therapists
Griffith, G., Hastings, R., Williams, J., Jones, R., Roberts, J., Crane, R., Snowden, H., Bryning, L., Hoare, Z. & Edwards, R., Sep 2019, In : Mindfulness. 10, 9, p. 1828-1841
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedIntervention Integrity in Mindfulness-Based Research: strengthening a key aspect of methodological rigor
Crane, R., Aug 2019, In : Current Opinion in Psychology. 28, p. 1-5
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC): reflections on implementation and development
Crane, R. & Kuyken, W., Aug 2019, In : Current Opinion in Psychology. 28, p. 6-10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe Inside Out Group Model: Teaching Groups in Mindfulness-Based Programs
Griffith, G. M., Bartley, T. & Crane, R. S., Jul 2019, In : Mindfulness. 10, 7, p. 1315-1327 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2018
- PublishedIntervention Integrity in Mindfulness-Based Research
Crane, R. & Hecht, F. M., Oct 2018, In : Mindfulness. 9, 5, p. 1370-1380
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate - PublishedThe Utility of Home-Practice in Mindfulness-Based Group Interventions: A Systematic Review
Lloyd, A., White, R., Eames, C. & Crane, R., Jun 2018, In : Mindfulness. 9, 3, p. 673-692
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedImpact of Mindfulness-Based Teacher Training on MBSR Participant Wellbeing Outcomes and Course Satisfaction
Ruijgrok-Lupton, P. E., Crane, R. & Dorjee, D., Feb 2018, In : Mindfulness. 9, 1, p. 117-128 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2017
- PublishedTeacher Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression and Its Relation to Treatment Outcome
Huijbers, M. J., Crane, R., Kuyken, W., Heijke, L., Van den Hout, I., Donders, R. & Speckens, A., Aug 2017, In : Mindfulness. 8, 4, p. 960-972
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedImplementing Mindfulness in the Mainstream: Making the Path by Walking it
Crane, R., Jun 2017, In : Mindfulness. 8, 3, p. 585-594
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedAccessibility and implementation in the UK NHS services of an effective depression relapse prevention programme: learning from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy through a mixed-methods study
Rycroft-Malone, J., Gradinger, F., Owen Griffiths, H., Crane, R., Gibson, A., Mercer, S., Anderson, R. & Kuyken, W., 3 Apr 2017, In : Health Services and Delivery Research. 5, 14
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedWhat defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft
Crane, R., Brewer, J., Feldman, C., Kabat-Zinn, J., Santorellli, S., Williams, J. M. G. & Kuyken, W., Apr 2017, In : Psychological Medicine. 47, 6, p. 990-999
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features (CBT Distinctive Features)
Crane, R., 27 Mar 2017, 2 ed. Routledge. 208 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at Risk of Suicide
Williams, J. M. G., Fennell, M., Barnhofer, T., Crane, R. & Silverton, S., 24 Mar 2017, Guilford Press. 334 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2016
- PublishedTraining mindfulness teachers: Principles, practices, and challenges
Crane, R. & Reid, B., 2 Nov 2016, Resources for Teaching Mindfulness: An International handbook. McCown, D., Reibel, D. K. & Micozzi, M. S. (eds.). Springer, p. 121-140
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedCan a mindfulness-informed intervention reduce aggressive behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities? Protocol for a feasibility study
Griffith, G., Jones, R., Hastings, R. P., Crane, R., Roberts, J., Williams, J., Bryning, L., Hoare, Z. & Edwards, R., 20 Sep 2016, In : Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2016, 2, p. 58 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2015
- PublishedDisciplined Improvisation: Characteristics of inquiry in mindfulness-based teaching
Crane, R. S., Stanley, S., Rooney, M., Bartley, P., Cooper, L. & Mardula, J., Oct 2015, In : Mindfulness. 6, 5, p. 1104-1114
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) reduces the association between depressive symptoms and suicidal cognitions in patients with a history of suicidal depression.
Barnhofer, T., Crane, C., Brennan, K., Duggan, D., Crane, R. S., Eames, C., Radford, S., Silverton, S., Fennell, M. & Williams, J. M. G., 12 Sep 2015, In : Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 83, 6, p. 1013-1020
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMindfulness-based wellbeing for socio-economically disadvantaged parents: a pre-post pilot study
Eames, C. E., Gold, E. S., Eames, C., Crane, R. S., Gold, E. & Pratt, S., 27 Aug 2015, In : Journal of Children's Services. 10, 1, p. 17-28
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMindfulness and the Transformation of Despair: Working with people at risk of suicide
Williams, J. M. G., Fennell, M., Barnhofer, T., Crane, R. & Silverton, S., 1 Aug 2015, Guildford Press.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2014
- PublishedGradually Getting Better: Trajectories of Change in Rumination and Anxious Worry in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Prevention of Relapse to Recurrent Depression
Ietsugu, T., Crane, C., Hackmann, A., Brennan, K., Gross, M., Crane, R. S., Silverton, S., Radford, S. H., Eames, C., Fennell, M. J., Williams, J. M. G. & Barnhofer, T., 13 Nov 2014, In : Mindfulness. 6, 5, p. 1088-1094
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedSome Reflections on Being Good, on not Being Good and on Just Being
Crane, R. S., 22 Oct 2014, In : Mindfulness.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedCompetence in Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses: Concepts, Development and Assessment
Crane, R., 5 Oct 2014
Research output: Other contribution - PublishedThe effects of amount of home meditation practice in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy on hazard of relapse to depression in the Staying Well after Depression Trial
Crane, C., Crane, R. S., Eames, C. E., Fennell, M. J., Silverton, S. C., Williams, J. M. G. & Barnhofer, T., 30 Aug 2014, In : Behaviour Research and Therapy. 63, December, p. 17-24
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedAccessibility and implementation in UK services of an effective depression relapse prevention programme – mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT): ASPIRE study protocol
Rycroft-Malone, J., Anderson, R., Crane, R. S., Gibson, A., Gradinger, F., Owen Griffiths, H., Mercer, S. & Kuyken, W., 24 May 2014, In : Implementation Science. 9, 62, 62.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedA Framework for Supervision for Mindfulness-Based Teachers: a Space for Embodied Mutual Inquiry
Evans, A., Crane, R. S., Cooper, L., Mardula, J., Wilks, J., Surawy, C., Kenny, M. & Kuyken, W., 1 Mar 2014, In : Mindfulness. 6, 3, p. 572-581
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedDesign of Economic Evaluations of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Ten Methodological Questions of Which to Be Mindful
Edwards, R. T., Bryning, L. & Crane, R., 1 Feb 2014, In : Mindfulness. 6, 3, p. 490-500
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedBuilding Integrity: The Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria
Crane, R. & Kuyken, W., 2014.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract - PublishedBuilding integrity: he Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Teaching Assessment Criteria
Crane, R., 2014.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
2013
- PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Preventing Relapse in Recurrent Depression: A Randomized Dismantling Trial
Williams, J. M. G., Crane, C., Barnhofer, T., Brennan, K., Duggan, D., Fennell, M., Hackmann, A., Krusche, A., Muse, K., Von Rohr, I. R., Shah, D., Crane, R., Eames, C., Jones, M., Radford, S., Silverton, S., Sun, Y., Weatherley-Jones, E., Whitaker, C., Russell, D. & Russell, I., 2 Dec 2013, In : Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 82, 2, p. 275-286
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedDevelopment and Validation of the Mindfulness-Based Interventions – Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC)
Crane, R., Eames, C., Kuyken, W., Hastings, R. P., Williams, J. M. G., Bartley, P., Evans, A., Silverton, S., Soulsby, J. & Surawy, C., 1 Dec 2013, In : Assessment. 20, 6, p. 681-688
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe Implementation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Learning From the UK Health Service Experience
Crane, R. S. & Kuyken, W., 1 Sep 2013, In : Mindfulness. 4, 3, p. 246-254
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedCompetence to teach mindfulness
Crane, R. S., 1 Feb 2013, In : Psycologist. 26, 2, p. 83
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter - PublishedBuilding Integrity: The Mindfulness-Based Interventions : Teaching Assessment Criteria
Crane, R., 2013.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract - PublishedCompetence in teaching mindfulness-based courses
Crane, R., 2013.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
2012
- PublishedDoes mindfulness based cognitive therapy prevent relapse of depression?
Kuyken, W., Crane, R. & Dalgliesh, T., 9 Nov 2012, In : British Medical Journal. 345, p. e7194
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe feasibility and effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for mixed diagnosis patients in primary care: a pilot study
Radford, S. R., Crane, R. S., Eames, C., Gold, E. & Wyn Owens, G., 1 Sep 2012, In : Mental Health in Family Medicine. 9, 3, p. 191-200
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MCBT) Implementation Resources
Kuyken, W., Crane, R. S. & Williams J.M.G., N. V., 1 May 2012
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site - PublishedThe Bangor, Exeter & Oxford Mindfulness-Based Interventions Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC)
Crane, R. S., Soulsby, J. G., Kuyken, W., Williams, J. M. & Eames, C., 1 May 2012
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site - PublishedPre-adult onset and patterns of suicidality in patients with a history of recurrent depression
Williams, J. M. G., Barnhofer, T., Crane, C., Duggan, D., Shah, D., Brennan, K., Krusche, A., Crane, R., Eames, C., Jones, M., Radford, S. & Russell, I., 1 Apr 2012, In : Journal of Affective Disorders. 138, 1-2, p. 173-179
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedCompetence in Teaching Mindfulness-Based Courses: Concepts, Development and Assessment
Crane, R. S., Kuyken, W., Williams, J. M. G., Hastings, R., Cooper, L. & Fennell, M., 1 Mar 2012, In : Mindfulness. 3, 1, p. 76-84
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Crane, R. S., 20 Jan 2012, Cognitive Behaviour Therapies . Dryden, W. (ed.). SAGE Publications
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedGrowing teachers in a time of growing interest in mindfulness: investigating the challenge of mindfulness-based teaching competency
Crane, R., 2012.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
2011
- PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: the mindful way through depression
Crane, R., 2011.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract - PublishedMindfulness-based teacher competency and professional practice in the UK: past present and future
Crane, R., 2011.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
2010
- PublishedTraining Teachers to Deliver Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Learning from the UK Experience.
Crane, R. S., Kuyken, W., Hastings, R. P., Rothwell, N. & Williams, J. M., 1 Jun 2010, In : Mindfulness. 1, 2, p. 74-86
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedStaying well after depression: trial design and protocol
Williams, J. M. G., Russell, I., Crane, C., Russell, D., Whitaker, C., Duggan, D., Barnhofer, T., Fennell, M., Crane, R. & Silverton, S., 19 Mar 2010, In : BMC Psychiatry. 10, p. 23
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: ‘undoing’ depression'
Crane, R., 2010.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
2009
- PublishedMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (CBT Distinctive Features)
Crane, R. S., 1 Jan 2009, 1st ed. Hove, East Sussex: Routledge. 176 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - PublishedOverview of the practice of mindfulness and its clinical applications.
Crane, R. S., 1 Jan 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedTurning towards recurrent depression and suicidality: Developments in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy teaching
Crane, R., 2009.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
2007
- PublishedMindfulness-based teacher training: integrating experience, reflection and knowledge.
Crane, R. S., 1 Jan 2007.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2006
- PublishedBeing with what is - mindfulness practice for counsellors and psychotherapists
Crane, R. S. & Elias, D., 1 Dec 2006, In : Therapy Today. 17, 10, p. 31
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedCentre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP), Wales, UK: our development and work – an overview.
Crane, R. S., 1 Jan 2006.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper - PublishedThe science of competency and the experience of ‘being’: Paradoxes in mindfulness-based teacher training.
Crane, R. S., 1 Jan 2006.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2002
- PublishedFurther evaluation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: for community mental health team clients
Crane, R. S., Soulsby, J. G., Williams, J. M., Silverton, S. & Crane, R., 1 Aug 2002, Unknown.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Activities
2019
- The Mindful Elite: Talk by Jaime Kucinskas plus Panel Discussion
Part of the panel discussion
20 Nov 2019
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor) - Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): updates and current directions
This day long intensive will investigate the origins, intentions, curriculum and teaching process of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). It is intended for those who have taken a mindfulness-based teacher training and would like to deepen and refresh their connection to the specifics of MBSR.
The process will support participants to reconnect to the roots of all mindfulness-based developments, and will involve dialogue on the place of the MBSR programme now in the context of other curriculum choices.
We will connect to the responsivity and flexibility of the MBSR teaching process: time will be given to exploring how as teachers we can adapt our teaching style and practice guidance to the context and group we are connecting with in this moment.
The training will involve some didactic elements, experiential engagement with aspects of MBSR curriculum, and group dialogue and inquiry.
1 Nov 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - How to be an effective mindfulness-based teacher
Keynote talk
25 Oct 2019
Links:
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - The Role of Kindly Presence in Depression Prevention
Opening talk at Symposium of 'The Role of Presence in Health and Happiness'
24 Sep 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Coming Home to Ourselves - a 7 day mindfulness retreat
This retreat taught over seven days will be structured and held so as to create a safe and supportive environment for this work of “coming back home to ourselves”. Residential retreat offers a unique opportunity to cultivate a continuity of mindfulness that allows us to deepen our understanding of the workings of our own heart, mind and body.
The retreat will be shaped around the Buddhist psychological framework of the four foundations of mindfulness, as well as drawing from the contemporary understandings informing mindfulness-based programmes. We will practise with and build on the meditation forms familiar to those within Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction/Cognitive Therapy. There will be periods of guided and unguided sitting, lying, walking and mindful movement practice, opportunities for informal practice, and meetings to explore first person experience with the teachers and their support team. The retreat will also include each day a short period of carefully guided interpersonal mindfulness practice drawn from Insight Dialogue to enable us to inquire into the teaching themes with the support of a co-meditator.
The overall container of the retreat will be one of noble silence: a chance to be in community with like-minded people without the need to “be” anyone in particular. There will be opportunities for sharing and connecting at the end of our time together.
The retreat is ideal for those who have taken an 8-week mindfulness course and wish to deepen their learning, those who are training to teach mindfulness-based courses and for established mindfulness-based teachers.
19 Aug 2019 – 26 Aug 2019
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - Bardsey Island Mindfulness retreat
An opportunity for experienced mindfulness-based teachers, trainers and supervisors to come together for retreat and community. We will gather on Bardsey Island – a place of pilgrimage since the 13th century. It was also the place that MBCT crystallised as a programme, and the CMRP team began to form during a retreat led by Ferris Urbanowski in 1998, so it holds a special place in the development of our work. The retreat will offer a daily rhythm of guided practice structured around the four foundations of mindfulness, including periods of sitting practice, mindful walking and movement; time for informal practice, including solitary space to rest into the experience of being on Bardsey island; spaces for communal activity such as meal preparation; and spaces for interpersonal mindfulness practice, and held reflections and dialogue on our practice, work and current life themes. We will practice in silence through each morning and have spaces for connecting in dialogue during the afternoons.
6 Jul 2019 – 13 Jul 2019
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - MBCT - the evolving story
This day will chart the unfolding of the story of MBCT research and practice, interweaving presentations with practice and dialogue.
Participants will be supported to situate ourselves within the evolving story with invitations to inquire into the role we are all playing – how is our MBCT practice situated? What are the questions and dilemmas we are experiencing?
11 Jun 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Introduction to the MBI:TAC
14 May 2019 – 15 May 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Building Mindful Inquiry Skills
One day Masterclass: Teacher-led interactive investigation is at the core of mindfulness-based teaching. This is the skill area that most teachers find the most challenging. This two-day, experiential training will provide an opportunity to develop understanding, skill and confidence in the inquiry process.
12 May 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - MBCT - The Evolving Story
This day will chart the unfolding of the story of MBCT research and practice, interweaving presentations with practice and dialogue. Participants will be supported to situate ourselves within the evolving story with invitations to inquire into the role we are all playing – how is our mindfulness-based teaching practice situated? What are the questions and dilemmas we are experiencing?
11 May 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - MBCT: The evolving story
11 May 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Guided day of mindfulness practice
A day of guided mindfulness practice
Guided by Nolitha Tsengiwe, Rebecca Crane and Mark Williams
In the midst of the fullness of the conference, we will take a day to step into deeper connection with the immediacy of experience. During the day you will be guided in the various forms of mindfulness practice that are part of mindfulness-based programs, interspersed with some space for first person and collective inquiry into what is being known in experience. To allow space for deeper listening, we will give over some of the time to practising together in silence during both the formal and informal parts of the day. Coming into deeper contact with experience in these ways is tender, and at times is challenging. We need support to do this work - the solidarity and kindness of a community of colleagues and friends practising alongside us, along with the guidance from the teachers will offer the holding space within which to drop into our mindfulness practice: an engagement that is simultaneously deeply personal and individual, and deeply social and collective.
24 Mar 2019
Links:
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - Inhabiting the tensions: balancing fidelity and creativity in adapting Mindfulness-Based Programs
Keynote talk at the Institute for Mindfulness, South Africa conference
23 Mar 2019
Links:
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Masterclass on supervision for mndfulness teachers
Preconference workshop at the IMISA conference
22 Mar 2019
Links:
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - Meeting with the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford
Meeting to present the role and potential of mindfulness in public life in Wales
11 Mar 2019
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - Making the Path by Walking it: Implementing mindfulness in the mainstream, Keynote, Israel
Mindfulness training is becoming increasingly accessible to everyday people in the mainstream. The integration between contemplative practices and contemporary science has the potential to radically transform perspectives and relieve suffering for individuals and communities. We can begin to imagine the possibility that on a societal level embedding mindfulness practice into everyday life could become recognised and promoted as a pragmatic way to support wellbeing - in similar ways to how physical exercise is perceived. This emerging interest and engagement with contemplative practices in mainstream culture and institutions holds great promise. The promise that wisdom and compassion become more readily accessible to us – both individually and collectively.
There are though particular sensitivities related to bringing contemplative practices into the mainstream. How do we meet the implementation challenge of enabling the accessibility whilst supporting the integrity of the approach? How do we ensure that teachers are well prepared to guide others in mindfulness? What ethical issues need consideration when bringing practices that emerged in religious contexts into the secular mainstream? How does this emerging field skilfully navigate the tensions inherent in mainstreaming an approach that involves a paradigm shift to mainstream frameworks for understanding human experience? How do we do the work of ‘mainstreaming’ language and approach whilst also retaining the essential and unique elements of the foundations on which mindfulness-based programmes rest? How do we invite systemic transformation rather than ‘quick fixes’?
The talk will review empirical and practice based work in these areas in relation to developments that support integrity and ethical understanding, the work of training teachers, of assessing teacher competence, and of implementing mindfulness-based programmes, and will consider challenges and questions for the field in the future.
4 Feb 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2018
- Making the Path by Walking it: implementing mindfulness in the mainstream, Keynote, University of Leuven
Invited Keynote, Mindfulness Symposium
15 Dec 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Facilitated a meeting of international collaborators on the MBI:TAC
7 Dec 2018 – 10 Dec 2018
Activity: Other (Contributor) - Keeping the Inquiry Alive investing in our learning as a mindfulness-based teacher
Invited keynote, Annual Conference, Berlin
Developing skills in a complex craft such as teaching mindfulness-based programs is a lifelong endeavour. If we are able to create the conditions in our daily lives for this, it becomes an inspiring and meaningful ongoing engagement. How do we keep our learning and inspiration alive? How do we stay close to our core intentions and motivations for becoming a mindfulness-based teacher? What inner and outer conditions in our lives are needed to enable us to sustain the process? What are the core skills, knowledge and qualities we are investing in developing? How does this personal maturation influence the wider maturation of this young field? In this talk I will share current field and personal perspectives on these important themes.
3 Nov 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - The Skills of the Mindfulness-Based Practitioner
This workshop will build on the previous talk by enabling us to individually and collectively inquire into our development as mindfulness-based practitioners. We will use the Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) as a map to investigate the range of competencies involved in the direct work of teaching. We will deepen our familiarity with these through personal, and then small group reflection on how we relate to the different aspects of the teaching process. We will then broaden out to acknowledge the range of skills required around the teaching to enable this work to happen - public speaking, leading, managing, administering, marketing and more. Through reflective process, dyad and small group work we will aim to catalyse a personal and collective inquiry into the multi-faceted work of being a mindfulness-based practitioner.
3 Nov 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Learning to use the MBI:TAC, 2 day workshop, University of Bergen
2 day workshop
11 Oct 2018 – 12 Oct 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Widening the circle of concern: resourcing ourselves to meet the challenge and opportunity of diversity and inclusion,
In conference workshop, Science from Within, International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam
12 Jul 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Online embodiment: the possibilities and pitfalls of online mindfulness, Panel Discussion,
Crane, R.S. Segal, Z.V., Van Emmerik, A., Pots, W., (2018) Science from Within, International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam
11 Jul 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Two minute video - what is mindfulness?
Created during the 2018 International Conference of mindfulness
10 Jul 2018 – 13 Jul 2018
Links:
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - South Asian Collaboration on mental health
Delivery of a 2 day workshop in Kathmandu - co-hosted by Bangor University and the British Council
11 Apr 2018 – 12 Apr 2018
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor) - Mind the gap: implementing mindfulness-based interventions, invited talk, University of California, San Francisco
19 Feb 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Learning to Use the Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria
Three day workshop
7 Feb 2018 – 9 Feb 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Discovering embodiment in inquiry
a 3 day residential workshop for mindfulness teachers
26 Jan 2018 – 28 Jan 2018
Links:
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Mindfulness in the Mainstream, navigating with integrity
25 Jan 2018
Links:
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Building Integrity: the mindfulness-based interventions teaching assessment criteria
Delivery of a 2 day workshop to the mindfulness masters team at University College Dublin
12 Jan 2018 – 13 Jan 2018
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2017
- All Wales Mindfulness Practitioner Network conference
I organised/hosted this event
11 Nov 2017
Links:
Activity: Other (Contributor) - MBCT: the evolving story
31 Oct 2017
Links:
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Mindfulness in the Mainstream: navigating with integrity
Keynote talk, Summer School, Amsterdam
22 Aug 2017
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - International scientific conference on mindfulness
Chairing 5 day international scientific conference on mindfulness
7 Jul 2017 – 11 Jul 2017
Activity: Participation in conference (Speaker) - use of the Mindfulness-Based Interventions Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBITAC) as an assessment and training tool
Delivery of train the trainers 2 day training. The participants were from Poland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, France, Turkey and Austria. The training was in the use of the Mindfulness-Based Interventions Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBITAC) as an assessment and training tool .
MBITAC tool development and evaluation of psychometric properties.
These trainers train mindfulness-based teachers in their home countries who in turn offer interventions to the general public.
9 Jan 2017 – 10 Jan 2017
Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course (Organiser)
Projects
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Low-intensity guided help through mindfulness (LIGHTMind)
01/09/2017 – 31/10/2019 (Finished)
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Predictors of Outcomes in MBSR Participants from Teacher Factors
01/09/2016 – 30/09/2018 (Finished)
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Staying well after depression: a randomised trial - additional funding on r26120
01/04/2010 – 31/07/2012 (Finished)
Description
What is the Purpose of the Study?
Each year in the United Kingdom a large number of people get depressed. When this happens, many have suicidal thoughts. We are very keen to find out more about the reasons for this and how we can prevent it happening again – both the depression itself, and the suicidal thoughts that can occur. We are particularly interested in the ability of two treatments to help people stay well in the future (by reducing future episodes of depression and suicidal thinking), when they have been depressed or suicidal in the past. When taking part n the study you would be randomly allocated to either Cognitive Psycho-Education (CPE) Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) or the wait for treatment group, more information on these can be found in the information sheet and on the tabs left. What we learn from this study will be used to improve the care of patients in the future.
Links:
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Bursary for Mindfulness-Based cognitive therapy for the prevention of relapse in depression course
18/02/2010 – 31/01/2011 (Finished)