Mindfulness Websites

Mindfulness-Based Treatment Programs

The following are multipurpose websites that include information on treatment programs:

University Massachusetts Medical Center
MBSR: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a therapeutic and educational program used and researched as an adjunct to the treatment of numerous medical and non-medical conditions. It was developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University Massachusetts Medical Center in the late 1970s.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
MBCT: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy is a program based on MBSR and developed by cognitive-behavioural therapists Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale to prevent the relapse of depression.

UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC)
MAPs: Mindful Awareness Practices, such as for ADHD. This website is also a valuable resource for other research and training in mindfulness.

The Center for Mindful Eating
MB-EAT: Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness is a program for general well-being and for the treatment of obesity and binge eating disorders.

Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a branch of cognitive-behavioural therapy that uses mindfulness and behavioural change strategies to increase psychological flexibility.

Behavioral Tech, LLC
DBT: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy was developed by Marsha M. Lineman to treat poor affective behaviour regulation, such as borderline personality disorder.

The Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies
CEB: Cultivating Emotional Balance. The Institute provides interdisciplinary research and training in emerging mindfulness programs such as CEB.

Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington
MBRP: Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for alcohol and substance abuse disorders.

The Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic
MBSM: Mindfulness-Based Symptom Management.