Mindfulness Training and Consulting

I provide individual mindfulness coaching, consulting services, as well as customized trainings and “unworkshops” to organizations on mindfulness and related topics. I particularly enjoy working with organizations in the fields of mental health, health care, and education. Individually, I enjoy working with helping professionals.

Why “UNworkshop”?

Simply put, “workshop” implies “work” which implies Doing — an “UNworkshop” (which I design and deliver true to the term) aligns with the non-doing aspect of mindfulness, which involves an “UNdoing” of habitual ways of thinking and doing, towards a more skillful and compassionate way of “Being” with one’s experiences and within relationships. The focus is on helping participants leave with an embodied and experiential understanding of the learnings and not simply a conceptual understanding.  This can lead to greater sustainability of mindfulness and an understanding of its practical relevance.  Regardless of the topic, unworkshops are always highly experiential and interactive, integrate various mindfulness practices including relational and reflective practices, and tailored to address your specific needs.

My approach

Whether working with an individual or organizational/community client, I like to have an initial phone conversation or in-person meeting to conduct a needs assessment in order to ensure that the training/workshop components will adequately meet your team/organization’s needs.  As clinical psychologists, we are trained as evidence-based practitioners and systems thinkers.  My philosophy is to help individuals and organizations to cultivate a mindfulness framework to the work that they are already doing, to help them find their own entry point and meet them where they are, and to support the development of a sustainable mindful culture that builds on existing successes and strengths.  My intention is always to help people connect with their innate wisdom and to draw desired solutions from within.  I strive to create a space that allows for authentic and meaningful connection, felt experiential shifts, and reflective dialogue, in order to help individuals experience the relevance of mindfulness and cultivate the changes they desire in a sustainable way.

Unworkshop themes have included:

  • Mindfulness for Resiliency and Well-being training
  • Mindfulness for anxiety and depression
  • Trauma-informed/trauma-sensitive mindfulness
  • Emotional Intelligence training
  • Foundational Attitudes of mindfulness
  • Exploring intentionality in mindful living
  • Cultivating a sustainable daily practice
  • Cultivating space for authenticity in the workplace
  • Introduction to mindfulness for parents/caregivers
  • Mindfulness for mental health/health professionals
  • Mindfulness for Educators
  • Preventing burnout and compassion fatigue (mindfulness for wellbeing)
  • Self-compassion
  • Mindfulness in nature and forest therapy
  • Mindful yoga and meditation classes for school staff
  • Mindfulness unworkshops tailored for children, youth, or families
  • Teen yoga and mindfulness meditation classes
  • Family yoga/wellness evening

These are simply ideas – unworkshops are always customized to address your needs. Other topics I can address include mental health of children/youth, trauma-informed/trauma-sensitive practice, mental health workshops tailored to children/youth from marginalized/BIPOC communities, etc. Please contact me to discuss your needs.

Specific Program offerings

Aside from customized programs, I also offer the following specific programs:

SMART (Stress Management And Resiliency Techniques): An evidence-based 9-session Mindfulness and Renewal Program for Educators and Helping Professionals

Offered in a 9-week (8 two-hour sessions, and a 4 hour retreat) format, or as a 5-day Intensive

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Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness workshop: A 1-Day Primer for Educators and Helping Professionals (Mindfulness Facilitators)

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Past and/or current organizational clients:

  • Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre: 2 half-day workshops for staff on Trauma Informed Practice
  • City of Toronto Department of Family and Community Wellbeing: Introduction to Mindfulness for Self Care and Resiliency 2 Day training
  • City of Toronto SDFA Family and Community Wellbeing: Emotional Intelligence 2 Day training
  • Customized daylong workshop on “Mindfulness for Anxiety” for a group of dressage equestrian trainers (private client)
  • Durham District School Board: 2-day mindfulness intensive training for psychologists and social workers, and a Refresher half-day workshop
  • Kortright Centre for Conservation: customized mindfulness in nature programs
  • Simcoe County District School Board:
    • 2-day mindfulness intensive training for social workers
    • 2-day mindfulness intensive training for child and youth counsellors
  • TMS School: Mindfulness Unworkshop for educators
  • Toronto District School Board:
    • High Park Alternative School: Mindfulness for Educators workshop
    • JB Tyrell Senior PS: Mindfulness and yoga session for staff
    • Sir Samuel B. Steele Jr PS: Introduction to mindfulness for educators
    • Sir Samuel B. Steele Jr PS: Yoga and meditation session for staff
  • York Region District School Board:
    • Research Services Departments: Customized 4-day training on “Cultivating a Mindful and Compassionate Team”
    • Charlton PS: Mindful Parents, Resilient Children
    • Central Park PS: Mindfulness for families workshops as part of Family Wellness Night
    • Bill Hogarth SS: Teen Stress wellness night- keynote talk
  • York Catholic District School Board:
    • Introduction to Mindfulness meditation session for educational assistants, as part of Wellness Day (Central Board office)
    • Mindfulness Unworkshop for educators, as part of Mental Health Symposium (Central Board office)
    • Mindfulness Unworkshop for Professional Support Staff (Central Board office)
    • Holy Spirit CS: Mindfulness and mental health unworkshop for Parents
    • St. Justin Martyr CES: Introduction to mindfulness and its applications in education
    • St. John XXIII CES: Mindfulness Introductory Unworkshop for Staff
    • St. Francis Xavier CES: Family wellness night (family yoga and mindfulness sessions for children and parents)
    • St. Francis Xavier CES: Mindful yoga workshop for educators
  • Youth Speak: Mindfulness training for youth mental health speakers

If you are interested in private mindfulness coaching for yourself, or a training for your organization, please feel free to contact me to further discuss your needs and how we can work together!