A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for 25 years, Judith is a founder of HEARTWOOD Mindfulness Practice Center, and has been an instructor of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in medical, mental health, professional, educational, religious, and corporate settings for 16 years.
She trained professionally with Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1993 and currently practices and studies with Thich Nhat Hanh and his monks and nuns in France and the U.S. Judith was Ordained in Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing in June 2006. Judith is offering a two- year training for a group of statewide United Methodist Ministers in Mindfulness, Buddhism, and Christianity (2007 – 2008).
She is the Primary Facilitator of the Blooming Heart Thich Nhat Hanh Sangha, helps facilitate the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus Mindfulness for Students Club, and is an instructor for Abbott Northwestern Hospital's Center for Health and Healing Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program.
Fall 2008 she is MBSR instructor for a research project sponsored by the University of Minnesota and the Women's Heart Health Program of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation; and has been invited and being honored as a Healer Mentor in the Twin Cities at the RESTORE Conference held at Aveda International Institute, Sunday October 5th, 2008. In 2010, she'll teach MBSR with the National Institute of Health through the University of Minnesota
Listed below are just a few of Judith's offerings in the Twin Cities in the past few years:
MEDICAL SETTING INTEGRATIVE CARE PROVIDER
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Women's Heart Health Program and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing research study: Midlife Women's Health; MBSR Instructor.
- Health East, St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul: Mind, Body, Baby, Learning MBSR Skills in the 2nd Trimester, MBSR Instructor
- Twin City Chapter of Patient Representatives, MBSR Instruction
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital Center for Health and Healing: MBSR Instructor
- Health Partners Women’s Health Clinic: Integrative Care Specialist and Clinic Design Team Member
- RESOLVE (Infertility): Annual Conference Keynote and panel presenter
- Health Partners: MBSR Instructor in Mental Health Department, Health Promotion Department and Cardiac High Risk Reduction Program
- Seeds of Mindfulness: MBSR Instructor to the general public, medical, mental health and education professionals
- Psychotherapist: private practice
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OFFERINGS
- Founding Team Member: East/West Mental Health Professionals Networking Organization
- Co-organizer: Minnesota Psychological Association Fall 2005 2-day conference: Bringing the East into the Western Psychotherapy Office
- Co-founder: HEARTWOOD Mindfulness Practice Center
- Conference Presenter: Minnesota Women in Psychology Fireside Chat
- Minnesota Women in Psychology 2 day annual retreat
- Minnesota Association of Clinical Social Workers one day conference
- Graduate School presentations: University of Minnesota School of Psychology, Saint Catherine’s School of Social Work and Saint Mary’s Human Resources and Social Work Programs
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Participant in 10 PhD research dissertations in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Spirituality and Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
CORPORATE/BUSINESS OFFERINGS
Presentations in over 30 major Twin Cities corporations in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, including:
- American Express
- Accenture
- Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Minnesota
- Carlson Companies
- IBM
- Minnesota Public Radio
- Minnesota Life
- Pillsbury
- Prudential
- Saint Paul Companies
- Seagate
- Tires Plus
- West Group
MBSR INSTRUCTOR IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
- Washburn High School
- Minneapolis Public Schools Wellness Program for Teachers
- Dunwoody Institute
- William Mitchell School of Law
- Normandale Community College Dental Assistant Program
VOLUNTEER
- Women’s Cancer Resource Center: MBSR Course and Recurrent Cancer Group Facilitator
- Minnesota Women in Psychology: Steering Committee and Social Action Committee
- Minnesota Psychological Association: 2005 Fall 2-day conference planning team
- Minnesota National Guard: MBSR course for family members serving in Iraq
- Early Childhood Family Education: MBSR presentations, Minneapolis and Saint Paul
- University of Minnesota Student Mindfulness Group: facilitator, 1-2 times per semester
- Blooming Heart Sangha in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh: Primary facilitator and contact
- Numerous colleges and universities in the Twin Cities: Presentations in graduate programs
- Several local Minnesota chapters of national organizations, presenter: Resolve, Naropathy, Ataxia, and the National Alliance for Mental Illness
