Dianne Lemieux

I have been offering mindfulness related programs including Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) at the Cancer Support Community in Knoxville Tennessee for more than 30 years. I have incorporated the work of Dr. Carlson into my MBSR work at Cancer Support. All programs at the Center are free of charge to cancer patients, survivors and their families and support persons.

I initially trained in MBSR under Ferris Urbanoski Buck who was a colleague of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, an early facilitator at UMass Medical Center in MBSR and an advisor for the development of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for the treatment of depression. I also have completed intensives in the early 1990's with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Saki Santorelli. I am a certified facilitator in Mindful Self-Compassion and have worked with Drs. Kristen Neff and Chris Germer. I took the training in MBCR online with Dr. Carlson. I have also trained in MBCT with Zindel Segal and Susan Woods.