Allan is the director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. His major focus in both research and clinical work is n the field of addictive behaviors. He has over 200 journal articles and book chapters, and is the author of several books, including Relapse Prevention (1985). Allan is actively developing a Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention program for alcohol/drugs. Learn from Jack Kornfield, Ph.D. at the Awakening To Mindfulness Conference - April 2-4, 2009. |
Teaching: Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)
This presentation provides an overview of MBRP, a group based, 8 week outpatient program that combines traditional RP with mindfulness meditation. Various meditation strategies are described to cope with urges and craving (e.g. “urge surfing”) and preliminary outcome data will be presented.