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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program

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Course Instructors

A note from the program director, Dr. Hui Qi Tong

Dear Mindfulness Community,

With great joy, we are presenting the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training program to an international mindfulness community. This program is supported by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the MBSR program and has an English speaking program and Mandarin speaking program. The English program will be co-led by Dr. Mark Abramson, who has been offering MBSR courses through Stanford for the past 25 years and myself.

Read Dr. Abramson's Bio

Mark Abramson founded Stanford University’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Clinic in 1995, modeled after the University of Massachusetts MBSR clinic founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, and has been featured on Bill Moyer's PBS series, Healing and the Mind. His classes at Stanford bring together a mix of students, the public, parents, Silicon Valley workers, and patients who are referred to the clinic to treat a broad range of medical conditions using mindfulness practices to support better health and happiness. He additionally conducts programs in mindfulness for corporations, and has taught at the World Economic Forum and for national organizations such as the American Dental Association.

Read Dr. Tong's Bio

Hui Qi Tong is a California licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Jon Kabat-Zinn certified teacher trainer and supervisor, founding teacher of the American-Chinese Academy of Psychotherapy. She has been working closely with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn for over 10 years and is his main interpreter of his work in China and main translator of his books including the Full Catastrophe Living and Everyday Blessings: Mindfulness for Parents. She offers MBSR course to a clinical population through Stanford Health Care and provides supervision and mentorship to psychology trainees and psychiatry residents who are interested in mindfulness-based programs. In addition, she is also an Oxford trained MBCT (Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy) instructor and serves on the International Advisory Committee for ACCESS MBCT.

This program is offered through the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine/Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

A deep bow to all my teachers and to the teacher within,

Warmly,
Hui Qi

Hui Qi Tong, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director, Mindfulness Program
Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine
211 Quarry Road, Suite 205
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Teacher Training: Certificate in MBSR Teaching

We are providing training opportunities for those aspiring to become MBSR teachers, as well as those who already teach MBSR and wish to further their learning. Each step of the formal training process engages a trainee in a variety of domains, including:

Developing competencies as an MBSR teacher
Cultivating skills for either the classroom or private practice
Deepening knowledge in the areas of science, ethos, pedagogy, best practices and public health
Strengthening one’s personal practice through the lens of MBSR

With a commitment to meeting the whole person, our intention is to address individual learning needs and encourage the unique resources and capacities of each person. Learn more about our expanded curricula in the Certificate in MBSR Teacher and about supportive professional continuing education programs offered in partnership with the School of Professional Studies.

Audience

The MBSR Teacher Training Program includes three steps to be taken sequentially for certification (prerequisites must be completed prior to entering the Certificate program). Each step involves coursework along with personal practice and progressively more advanced teaching practice. Included in these three steps are three silent retreats and teaching requirements that are necessary to complete the training.

There are also professional continuing education programs for MBSR teachers and teachers-in-training that are not required for certification to teach and are offered to enhance the teacher’s knowledge and competencies.

Prerequisite: 8-week MBSR as participant and a 5-day teacher-led silent retreat in the insight/vipassana tradition

Course Schedule and Location

This course will take place online via Zoom.
Dates and times will be determined once registration closes.

Cost

The fee for the 10-week course is $1950.

Registration

Cancellation Policy

Please send cancellation requests to htong@stanford.edu.

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded.

Course Instructors

A note from the program director, Dr. Hui Qi Tong

Dear Mindfulness Community,

With great joy, we are presenting the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training program to an international mindfulness community. This program is supported by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the MBSR program and has an English speaking program and Mandarin speaking program. We are fortunate to have two Jon Kabat-Zinn certified trainers join the effort to offer a Mandarin program.

Read Dr. Tong's Bio

Read Dr. Wen's Bio

Tzung-kuen Wen is a Jon Kabat-Zinn certified MBSR teacher trainer and supervisor and Assistant Professor with the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts in Taiwan. He holds a PhD in Religious study from Australia and has translated or co-translated over 15 books on mindfulness meditation. With over 30 years of mindfulness practice and extensive teaching, he is one of the most respected scholars in mindfulness and Buddhism in the Chinese community.

Read Dr. Chen's Bio

Roy Te-Chung Chen is a Jon Kabat-Zinn certified MBSR teacher trainer and supervisor, as well as a Search Inside Yourself certified teacher. He is the founder of Taiwan Mindfulness Center and a counseling psychologist in Taiwan and has been practicing meditation for over 30 years in Asia. He has written two books as well. In 2011, he pioneered the MBSR program in the medical system in Taiwan, and has become one of the most sought-after mindfulness teachers in the Chinese community.

This program is offered through the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine/Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

A deep bow to all my teachers and to the teacher within,

Warmly,
Hui Qi

Teacher Training: Certificate in MBSR Teaching

Developing competencies as an MBSR teacher
Cultivating skills for either the classroom or private practice
Deepening knowledge in the areas of science, ethos, pedagogy, best practices and public health
Strengthening one’s personal practice through the lens of MBSR

Audience

Prerequisite: 8-week MBSR as participant and a 5-day teacher-led silent retreat in the insight/vipassana tradition

Course Schedule and Location

This course will take place online via Zoom.
Dates and times will be determined once registration closes.

Cost

The fee for the 10-week course is $1950.

Registration

Cancellation Policy

Please send cancellation requests to htong@stanford.edu.

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded.