We offer numerous programs and courses for all professionals, for attorneys and judges, and for working parents and for teens. Programs can be designed to meet your organization’s specific needs. One-on-one training is also available. Please inquire about continuing education credits.

• THE MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION COURSE >>new classes forming for those from all professions
• PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONALS
• PROGRAMS FOR ATTORNEYS
• PROGRAMS FOR JUDGES
• PROGRAMS FOR OTHER LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND LEGAL PERSONNEL
• PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
• PROGRAMS FOR WORKING PARENTS

>>new!<< THE MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION COURSE
Please Join Co-leaders Elizabeth J. Coleman, J.D. and Pat Vroom, Ph.D.

• Learn to use meditation, body relaxation and mindful yoga to lower stress, improve performance, and enhance an overall sense of satisfaction
• Use your mind and body in new ways to manage stress, pain and illness, and to manage anger
• Become empowered by living in full awareness of the present moment

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Sign up now for class that begins January 21, 2010 Eight classes, 7:30-9:30 pm Tribeca, Manhattan January 21-March 11th Full Day Retreat – Sunday, February 28th IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP AND HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL/EMAIL DR. PAT VROOM BETWEEN DECEMBER 28TH AND JANUARY 8TH: (609) 818-1226/ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Inquire about private sessions or about  other class options at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) $600 ($550 early registration)~ space is limited; register early!

What is MBSR?

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a structured eight-week program that uses mindfulness meditation to teach people how to take better care of themselves and live healthier and more adaptive lives. Participants have found help with a range of stress-related problems, such as anger management, headaches, high blood pressure, sleep disorders, anxiety and panic, as well as physiological conditions including cancer, heart disease, AIDS, and chronic pain. They have also found that MBSR increases focus and concentration, and thus work performance, and helps create a sense of wellbeing.

Mindfulness is as simple (and as difficult) as living in moment-to-moment awareness. It is invoked by tuning in to our breath and to every other aspect of our lives. MBSR provides training in meditation, mindful yoga, and relaxation to mobilize your mind/body resources to work with stress, pain, and illness in ways that promote growth and healing. Its success requires a strong commitment to daily practice.

MBSR was developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Saki Santorelli at UMass Medical School. It has been featured in research and popular publications, such as Time, Newsweek, and PBS “Healing and the Mind”.

For information and registration, contact Elizabeth Coleman at Professional Stress Management Solutions, Ltd., New York, NY (212)-625-1471 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

If you experience

Mindfulness Can help

• Reduce future oriented thinking and worrying
• Help us keep from obsessing about the past
• Open up more options for dealing with the present
• Enable a more realistic assessment of what is happening now
• Recognize that thoughts are not facts
• Develop a reliance on an inner wisdom
• Create self-empowerment
• Manage and reduce anger

PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONALS (including accountants, doctors, executives, journalists, psychologists, etc.)

1.01. Managing Stress Through Mindfulness: An Overview— This one hour lecture for professionals introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy, demanding and competitive profession. Professionals learn how they might integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their specific profession. This stress management and reduction lecture can be given to groups of any size and includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for the specific profession;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the specific professional life;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a busy, demanding and competitive office and beyond, using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise.

Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations oriented towards the specific profession and a guided stress management exercise. Handouts are given to participants.

1.02. Introduction to Managing Stress through Mindfulness— This one and one-half hour program for professionals introduces in greater depth the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a specific profession. Professionals begin to explore how to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their professions. This multifaceted introductory stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five professionals includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness in a busy, demanding and competitive profession;
• description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the specific professional life;
• Presentation and discussion of a hypothetical involving a scenario related to stress management in that profession;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in the office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise;
• Exercise: guided stress reduction exercise.

1.03. Managing Stress through Mindfulness— This three-hour program for professionals, the most detailed of the three introductory courses for professionals, introduces in depth the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy, demanding and competitive professional career. Professionals learn to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their profession. This multifaceted stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five professionals includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for the specific profession;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of that profession;
• Presentation and discussion of relevant hypotheticals involving scenarios related to stress management in the given profession;
• Lecture and discussion: ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a busy and competitive office and beyond, using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercises, and discussion of the incorporation of these exercises into a busy professional life;
• Exercises: guided stress reduction exercises and discussion of their incorporation into a busy professional life.

Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations oriented towards the particular profession, guided stress management exercises and guided discussion, geared toward that profession. Detailed hand-outs are given to participants.

1.04. Advanced Stress Management Programs for Other Professionals— These programs are available for groups of up to twenty-five professionals from a given field, and delve more deeply in one and one-half hour or three hour time frames into the theory and practice of mindfulness based stress reduction for professionals.

1.05 5. Individual Stress Management Coaching— One hour coaching sessions allow in-depth teaching of the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a demanding profession. Professionals learn to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their careers. They learn ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) at work and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques; guided mindfulness breathing exercises; and guided stress reduction exercises.

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INHOUSE PROGRAMS FOR ATTORNEYS

2.01 Managing Stress Through Mindfulness: An Overview— (Continuing Legal Education credit available). This one hour lecture introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy law practice. Attorneys learn how they might integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their practices. This stress management and reduction lecture can be given to groups of any size and includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for attorneys;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise.

Methodology includes law-oriented PowerPointPoint presentations and a guided stress management exercise. Handouts are given to participants.

2.02. Introduction to Managing Stress through Mindfulness— (Continuing Legal Education credit available). This program provides more in-depth information on mindfulness based stress reduction for attorneys. This one and one-half hour program introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy law practice. Attorneys begin to explore how to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their practices. This multifaceted introductory stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five attorneys includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for attorneys;
• description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Presentation and discussion of a legal hypothetical involving a scenario related to stress management in the legal profession;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise;
• Exercise: guided stress reduction exercise.

Methodology includes law-oriented PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and brief guided discussion, geared toward the legal workplace. Hand-outs are given to participants.

2.03. Managing Stress through Mindfulness— (Continuing Legal Education credit available). This three-hour program for attorneys, the most detailed introductory program offered for attorneys, introduces in depth the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy law practice. Attorneys learn to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their practices. This multifaceted stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five attorneys includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for attorneys;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Presentation and discussion of relevant legal hypotheticals involving scenarios related to stress management in the legal profession;
• Lecture and discussion: ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercises: guided mindfulness breathing exercises, and discussion of the incorporation of these exercises into a busy legal life;
• Exercises: guided stress reduction exercises and discussion of their incorporation into a busy legal life.

Methodology includes law-oriented PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and guided discussion, geared toward the legal workplace. Detailed hand-outs are given to participants.

2.04. Advanced Stress Management Programs for Attorneys— These programs are available for groups of up to twenty-five attorneys, and delve more deeply in one and one-half hour or three hour time frames into the theory and practice of mindfulness based stress reduction for attorneys.

2.05. Individual Stress Management Coaching— One hour coaching sessions allow in-depth teaching of the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a demanding law practice. Attorneys learn to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their practices. They learn ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques; guided mindfulness breathing exercises; and guided stress reduction exercises.

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INHOUSE PROGRAMS FOR JUDGES

3.01. Managing Stress Through Mindfulness: An Overview— (Continuing Judicial Education credit available). This one hour lecture for judge introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy courthouse. Judges learn how they might integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their positions. This stress management and reduction lecture can be given to groups of any size and includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for the judiciary;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in the courthouse and beyond, using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise.

Methodology includes judicially oriented PowerPoint-point presentations and a guided stress management exercise.

3.02. Introduction to Managing Stress through Mindfulness— (Continuing Judicial Education credit available). This one and one-half hour program for judges, which introduces a greater depth of information on mindfulness based stress reduction, also introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a courthouse. Judges begin to explore how to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their positions. This multifaceted introductory stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five judges includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for the judiciary;
• description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Presentation and discussion of a legal hypothetical involving a scenario related to stress management in the judiciary;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a courthouse and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise;
• Exercise: guided stress reduction exercise.

Methodology includes judicially oriented PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and brief guided discussion, geared toward the courthouse.

3.03 Managing Stress through Mindfulness— (Continuing Judicial Education credit available). This three-hour program for judges, the most detailed course offering for judges, introduces in depth the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a courthouse or other hearing venue. Judges learn to integrate stress management into their courtroom; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their work. This multifaceted stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five judges includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for the judiciary;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Presentation and discussion of relevant legal hypotheticals involving scenarios related to stress management in the courthouse;
• Lecture and discussion: ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in court and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercises, and discussion of the incorporation of these exercises into a busy legal life;
• Exercises: guided stress reduction exercises and discussion of their incorporation into a busy legal life.

Methodology includes judicially-oriented PowerPointPoint presentations, guided stress management exercises and guided discussion, geared toward the courthouse. Detailed handouts will be provided.

3.04. Advanced Stress Management Programs for Judges— These programs are available for groups of up to twenty-five judges, and delve more deeply in one and one-half hour or three hour time frames into the theory and practice of mindfulness based stress reduction for the judiciary.

3.05 Individual Stress Management Coaching— One hour coaching sessions allow in-depth teaching of the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of working in the judiciary. Jurists learn to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of the bench. They learn ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in the courthouse and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques; guided mindfulness breathing exercises; and guided stress reduction exercises.

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INHOUSE PROGRAM FOR OTHER LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND LEGAL PERSONNEL

4.01. Managing Stress Through Mindfulness: An Overview— This one hour lecture for nonattorney legal professionals and law office staff introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy law practice. Legal staff learn how they might integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their jobs. This stress management and reduction lecture can be given to groups of any size and includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness in the context of a law office;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise.

Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations and a guided stress management exercise. Handouts are given to participants.

4.02. Introduction to Managing Stress through Mindfulness— This one and one-half hour program for other legal professionals and legal staff introduces in greater depth the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy law practice. Law office staff begin to explore how to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their jobs. This multifaceted introductory stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five legal staff includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for legal staff;
• description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Presentation and discussion of a legal hypothetical involving a scenario related to stress management in the law office;
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise;
• Exercise: guided stress reduction exercise.

Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and brief guided discussion, geared toward the legal workplace. Hand-outs are given to participants.

4.03. Managing Stress through Mindfulness— This three-hour program for other legal professionals and personnel, the most detailed introductory program offered, teaches the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy law office. Legal staff learn to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their jobs. This multifaceted stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five legal staff includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for law;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the legal life;
• Presentation and discussion of relevant scenarios related to stress management in the law office;
• Lecture and discussion: ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercises, and discussion of the incorporation of these exercises into the law office;
• Exercises: guided stress reduction exercises and discussion of their incorporation into the law office. Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and guided discussion, geared toward the legal workplace. Detailed hand-outs are given to participants.

4.04. Advanced Stress Management Programs for Other Legal Professionals and Law Office Personnel— These programs are available for groups of up to twenty-five legal personnel, and delve more deeply in one and one-half hour or three hour time frames into the theory and practice of mindfulness based stress reduction for law office personnel.

4.05 Individual Stress Management Coaching— One hour coaching sessions allow in-depth teaching of the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a demanding law practice. Paralegals and others learn to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their practices. They learn ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in a law office and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques; guided mindfulness breathing exercises; and guided stress reduction exercises.

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PROGRAM FOR WORKING PARENTS

5.01. Managing Stress Through Mindfulness: An Overview— This one hour lecture for working parents introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of the two careers any working parent has. Working parents learn how to integrate stress management and mindfulness into their work and their family lives; maximize focus and productivity and enhance the enjoyment of each aspect of their lives. This lecture is available for groups of any size and includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and it’s particular usefulness in managing the complex life of a working parent
• Description of scientific evidence of MBSR’s effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of the demanding and complex life of a working parent
• Lecture on ways to handle the stress (and stressful relationships) both at work and at home, using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise.

Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations and a guided stress management exercise. Handouts are given to participants.

5.02 Introduction to Managing Stress through Mindfulness— This one and one-half hour program for working parents introduces in greater depth the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of managing work and home. Working parents begin to explore how to integrate stress management into their work; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their lives at work and at home. This multifaceted introductory stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for working parents;
• description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of a complex life, such as that of a working parent;
• Presentation and discussion of a legal hypothetical involving a scenario related to stress management at work and at home
• Lecture on ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) at work and at home and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise;
• Exercise: guided stress reduction exercise.

Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and brief guided discussion, geared towards the specific needs of working parents. Hand-outs are given to participants.

5.03 Managing Stress through Mindfulness— This three-hour program for working parents, the most detailed introductory program offered, teaches the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a busy work and personal life. Working parents learn to integrate stress management into their lives; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of both their “jobs.” This multifaceted stress management and reduction program designed for groups of up to twenty-five includes:

• Lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for the complex life of a working parent;
• Description of scientific evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of this life;
• Presentation and discussion of relevant scenarios related to stress management at work and at home;
• Lecture and discussion: ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) both at work and at home and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercises, and discussion of the incorporation of these exercises into the life of a working parent;
• Exercises: guided stress reduction exercises and discussion of their incorporation into day-to-day life. Methodology includes PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and guided discussion, geared toward working parents. Detailed hand-outs are given to participants.

5.04 Advanced Stress Management Programs for Other Working Parents— These programs are available for groups of up to twenty-five, and delve more deeply in one and one-half hour or three hour time frames into the theory and practice of mindfulness based stress reduction .

5.04 Individual Stress Management Coaching— One hour coaching sessions allow in-depth teaching of the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of a demanding personal and professional life. Working mothers and fathers learn to integrate stress management into their work and home lives; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their lives. They learn ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in the office and at home using specific mindfulness techniques; guided mindfulness breathing exercises; and guided stress reduction exercises.

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PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

6.01. Introduction to Managing Stress Through Mindfulness— This one and one-half hour program designed specifically for teenagers introduces the concept of mindfulness based stress reduction in the context of school, after-school activities and home. Kids explore how to integrate stress management into their day; maximize their focus and productivity; and enhance their enjoyment of their lives. This multifaceted introductory stress management and reduction program, designed for groups of any size includes:

• Entertaining and engaging lecture with PowerPoint point on concept of mindfulness based stress reduction and its particular usefulness for the teen years;
• description of the evidence of its effectiveness in reducing stress for kids, improving focus, and enhancing enjoyment of school and the rest of life;
• Discussion of ways to handle stress (and stressful relationships) in school and beyond using specific mindfulness techniques;
• Exercise: guided mindfulness breathing exercise;
• Exercises: interesting and fun guided stress reduction exercises

Methodology includes student-oriented PowerPoint-point presentations, guided stress management exercises and guided discussion, geared towards teen-agers. Age-appropriate hand-outs are given to participants. This program is suitable for schools, after-school programs or houses of worship.

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