[APMC 2022] Trish Bartley

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Trish Bartley has been involved in mindfulness-based teaching since the beginnings of MBCT in the UK. She is a founder member of the core training team of the Centre for Mindfulness, Research and Practice at Bangor University and led one of the masters in mindfulness teaching programme modules there until very recently. She has a background in community development and continues to train MBP teachers in the UK and further afield. Trish has developed special interests in mindfulness and cancer, and in the value and practice of teaching mindfulness-based groups. A new book on teaching mindfulness-based programme groups is due out in June 2022, written by Trish and her colleague Gemma Griffith. 

Workshop Topic:
Mindfulness & Cancer Care

This workshop is for people with cancer, their families, and health professionals working in oncology. We will explore mindfulness in the context of cancer, by learning some simple everyday practices that can help us feel steadier and more grounded. There is good evidence that mindfulness-based practice reduces levels of anxiety and depression and improves well-being and sleep for people with cancer – although this workshop can obviously only offer a taste of these approaches. MBCT for Cancer was developed by Trish Bartley, over 20 years of teaching people with cancer in a regional oncology hospital in the UK.