Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher

Margaret Cullen, M.F.T. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher 2535 Buena Vista Way Berkeley, CA 94708 Phone: (510) 666-9339 Email: [email protected] www.margaretcullen.com

Education:

1974 Bachelor of Arts, Clark University, Worcester, MA Double Major in French and Psychology

1972 Special Studies in Group Dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1973 French Literature of the Existentialists, L’Universite Aix-Marseille, France

1991 Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology, Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA

Professional Experience:

1991- The Cancer Support Community, Santa Monica and Walnut Creek, CA 1993 Two Year Training and Internship in Group Facilitation.

1993- Group Facilitator: Facilitate support groups for cancer Present patients, their families and post treatment groups. Designed and taught the first mindfulness program for national headquarters and continue to teach and design innovative mindfulness-based curricula for this cohort including weekly meditation groups, bi-annual forgiveness workshops, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Compassion Cultivation courses for cancer patients and their families. Lead Facilitator for study in collaboration with David Spiegel, Stanford University.

Professional Experience – continued

1994- Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 2011 Taught MBSR courses to extremely diverse populations. Developed and taught first MBSR course for physicians. Developed and taught first “graduate” courses for both patients and physicians. Primary Consultant for Region-wide revision of MBSR Curriculum.

2003- University of California at San Francisco 2008 Co-Instructor and Curriculum Development for research study, “Cultivating Emotional Balance”, teaching emotion skills and meditation to school teachers. Margaret Kemeny, PhD., Principal Investigator.

2006- Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, San Francisco 2007 Taught MBSR courses as part of long-term study with HIV patients.

2006- Present SMART in Education Developed curriculum and taught ten week intervention for Denver Public School Teachers combining meditation and emotional intelligence. Developed and taught intensive emotion training/mindfulness program for school principals in Vancouver, Canada. Trained SMART instructors in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Berkeley, CA and Boulder, Colorado. Currently piloting online training for SMART instructors.

2007- University of California at San Francisco

2 2008 Wrote curriculum and taught research study, “Craving and Lifestyle Management with Mindfulness”, combining meditation and emotion training for overweight women. Elissa Eppel, PhD., Principal Investigator

2009- Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education Present Stanford University Senior Teacher Collaborated on curriculum development for Compassion Cultivation training. Train and supervise new instructors.

2012- University of Miami Present Develop and deliver Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Program for military spouses at Fort Drum, NY. Train and supervise MBEB instructor continued research at Fort Elgin Air Force Base, FL.

2014 – Portland State University Present Develop and deliver Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Program for educators at public middle schools as part of large research study.

Mindfulness Training:

1980- Numerous Vipassana retreats ranging from ten days to three Present months primarily with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. Other teachers include: Sharon Salzberg, Christopher Titmuss, Steven Smith, Michelle MacDonald, Sylvia Boorstein Christina Feldman, Steve and Kamala Masters, Phillip Moffit, Ajahn Sumedho, Ajahn Amaro, James Baraz, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, Yvonne Rand and Shinzen Young.

1995 MBSR Professional Training with Jon Kabat-Zinn.

1998 Regional Teacher Development with Ferris Urbanowski.

1995- Participate in ongoing peer-led group of MBSR teachers. Present

3 2005 Completed Certification Program in MBSR through the Center for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts

2006 Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy training with Zindel Segal

Publications:

“The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook: An Eight Week Program for Improved Emotion Regulation and Resilience”, Cullen, M., and Brito, G. Oakland: New Harbinger, 2015.

“Mindfulness Training and Stress Reduction in Teachers: Findings and Potential Mediating Processes”, Roeser, R., Schonert-Reichl, K, Taylor, C., Harrison, J., Cullen, M., Society for Prevention Research 22nd Annual Meeting 2013; 05/2014

“Anticipatory sensitization to repeated stressors: The role of initial cortisol reactivity and meditation/emotion skills training”, Turan,B., Foltz, C., Cavanagh, J., Wallace, A., Cullen, M. , Rosenberg, E., Jennings, P.,, Ekman, P. , Kemeny, M. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2014), in press.

“Mindfulness Training and Reductions in Teacher Stress and Burnout: Results From Two Randomized, Waitlist-Control Field Trials”, Roeser, R. W., Schonert-Reichl, K. A., Jha, A., Cullen, M., Wallace, L., Wilensky, R., Oberle, E., Thomson, K., Taylor, C., & Harrison, J. (2013, April 29). Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0032093

“Teaching Compassion to Teachers” chapter in Compassion: Bridging Practice and Science, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, 2013.

“Enhancing Compassion: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Compassion Cultivation Training Program” with Hooria Jazaieri, M.A., Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. , Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. , Erika L. Rosenberg, Ph.D. , Joel Finkelstein, B.A. , Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D. , James R. Doty M.D. , James J. Gross, Ph.D. , & Philippe R. Goldin, Ph.D. , Journal of Happiness Studies, 2012

“Stopping Teacher Burnout”, Greater Good, The Science of a Meaningful Life, Online Journal, January 19, 2012

“Contemplative/Emotion Training Reduces Negative Emotional Behavior and Promotes

4 Prosocial Responses.” with Kemeny, M. E., Foltz, C., Cavanagh, J. F.., Giese-Davis, J., Jennings, P., Rosenberg, E. L., Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., Wallace, B. A., & Ekman, P. (2011, December 12). Emotion. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0026118

“Compassion Curriculum: An Interview with Geshe Thubten Jinpa”, Inquiring Mind, Volume 28 , Number 1, Fall 2011, with Barbara Gates and Sandy Boucher.

“Opening the Heart at Stanford, Google and Beyond”, Inquiring Mind, Volume 28, Number 1, Fall, 2011.

“Mindfulness-Based Interventions: An Emerging Phenomenon”, Mindfulness, Vol. 2, #3, September, 2011

“On Mindfulness”, Essay in Emotional Awareness, Ekman, Paul and The Dalai Lama, Henry Holt and Co., New York, 2008, pp. 61-63

“Mystery Remains: A Scientist meets a Monk”, Interview with Paul Ekman, Inquiring Mind, Vol. 24, Number 1, Fall 2007

“The Pursuit of Happiness: An Interview with Matthieu Ricard”, with Ronna Kabatznick, Inquiring Mind, Volume 23, Number 2, Spring 2007

“Mindfulness: The Heart of Buddhist Meditation?”, Inquiring Mind, Volume 22, Number 2, Spring 2006

“A Meeting of the Minds: Buddhists & Scientists Confer at M.I.T.” Inquiring Mind, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2004

“Scientific Mind, Buddhist Mind: An Interview with Alan Wallace”, Inquiring Mind, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2004

“The Traveling Peacemaker: A Conversation with Marshall Rosenberg”, in collaboration with Ronna Kabatznick, Inquiring Mind, Volume 21, Number 1, Fall 2004

“The Science of Goodness”, Inside Mind and Life, Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2005

Selected Presentations and Workshops:

“Introduction to Compassion Cultivation”, San Francisco, 2014 Science of Compassion Conference

5 “Cultivating Compassion Intensive” – Sydney, Australia, 2013

“Whack – a –Mole vs: Inner Peace: Turning toward the difficult as a hallmark of mindfulness-based interventions”, Keynote, UCSD, 2013

“The Science and Practice of Compassion Cultivation Meditation Training”, CFM 2012

“Integrating forgiveness Training into MBSR”, 9th Scientific Conference, CFM, 2011

“Mindfulness for Teachers”, 8th Scientific Conference, Center for Mindfulness, 2010

“SMART in Education”, Mindfulness in Education Conference, Oakland, CA, 2009

“Mindfulness and Stress Reduction” Kaiser Nurses, 2004, 2005

“Mindfulness”, Grand Rounds, Kaiser Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Oakland, 2006

“Forgiveness”, The Wellness Community, annually, 2005 through present.

“The Aikido of Communication”, The Happiness Conference, San Francisco, 2008

“Mindfulness and Forgiveness”, Integrative Pain Medicine Conference, San Francisco, 2009

“Integrating Emotion training into MBSR”, 7th Scientific Conference, Center for Mindfulnesss, 2009