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"I have enjoyed each and every one of the Teleconferences so much that I am now trying to schedule patients around them. I feel that the TCME is extremely valuable and am planning to join as a member this week."
-Danielle Paciera, LDN, RD, Tulane University

From tele-conference participant (The call) "it was great! I appreciated how you modeled these skills for us as you facilitated the group! I also loved hearing the experiences of others and learning about different resources. " Cathy C

"The entire concept of 'curiosity' was new to me with respect to nutrition counseling. It seemed like a very unlikely word to include. I came to understand, however, how it can increase our awareness of our/client's behaviors when taking a more curious stance (I wonder how much food It will take to fill me up/satisfy me?) rather than a more judgmental, negative stance such as "I'm not supposed to eat more than this for lunch, but I seem extra hungry today!". Judy T

 
 
 
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The Board
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Char Wilkins LCSW

Char WilkinsChar Wilkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Char is a full-time psychotherapist in a group practice that provides services for men, women, adolescents and children, specializes in working with women who have experienced abuse and trauma, and is known state-wide to be a safe therapeutic setting for the gay men and lesbians. In addition to seeing individual clients she facilitates Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT) programs in the Hartford area. Char interned at UMass in Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR program and trained with Zindel Siegal in his Mindful-based Cognitive Therapy for the Prevention of Relapse Depression.

"Why Mindfulness? I came to mindfulness meditation eleven years ago out of necessity, not unlike how people come to the mindfulness courses I now teach. Knowing how useful meditation has been in my own life, I began looking for a way to incorporate it into my work. I have always been aware of how little of what is available is truly helpful in regards to eating disorders. The intersection of abuse, body image and food issues is insidiously woven together for many women. Each year I find myself sitting with an increasing number of women struggling with these issues.

"Over the years, women in my Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs report that food cravings lessened and that they became more aware of why and what they eat because of the mindful practices they learned in the course. Bringing mindfulness directly into working with eating disorders seemed to be the next step. Jean Kristeller’s years of work made it possible for me to do this with her MB-EAT program.

"I bring to TCME project the same focus I bring to my personal and professional life: that of the usefulness of mindfulness meditation in one’s life. It is my hope that my practical hands-on experience working with women, my speaking and writing skills, and commitment to the practice and application of mindfulness will be of benefit to the Center."