Karen is an experienced and registered social worker, currently offering psychotherapy for individuals and teaching MBCT in groups.  She started her training in MBCT facilitation after taking the 8-week program herself when she moved to Ottawa to study social work at Carleton. After graduation Karen worked for the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto as the Director of Client Services and she completed her advanced training in 2017.  She now lives in Ottawa, and, aside from facilitating programs, works in private practice as a counsellor and for Health Canada and is a faculty member at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies.