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Mindful Eating and the Seven Hungers

October 7, 2015 by Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

by Katie Gustamachio Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, the founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, defines mindfulness as “paying attention to the present moment with intention, while letting go of judgment, as if your life depends on it.” This definition can apply… CONTINUE

About Metrowest Clinical Collaborative (MCC)
MCC takes pride in our strong multi-disciplinary connections, both in our organization, as well as our individual practices. We understand the need for education, outreach, support, and effective collaboration. We offer programs, services and educational resources that model and incorporate a lifestyle of preventative health and self-care. At MCC, we want to encourage, empower, and facilitate healing and wellness for all.

Jen Rego, MSW, LICSW
Jennifer serves as the Director of Business and Clinical Operations for MetroWest Clinical Collaborative. and is a licensed private psychotherapist. Prior to opening her private practice in 2015, she worked in various mental health settings providing high level individual, family and group treatment, consultation, assessment and support. She also Co-Founded Growing Girl P.O.W.E.R (GGP) which supports the unique challenges of young girls today.

Lindsay Brady, MSW, LICSW
Lindsay Brady is a psychotherapist, and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Framingham, MA. She earned her MSW from Wheelock College School of Social Work and has since practiced in a variety of settings, including inpatient crisis stabilization and long term residential care for individuals with pervasive mental illness and psychosis. Lindsay utilizes the therapeutic structures of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Restructuring for PTSD (CR for PTSD), as well as many mindfulness and relaxation-based integrative solutions.

Ashley Bade, RD, LDN, CSP
As the registered dietitian at MCC, Ashley uses a self-care platform to help clients explore and evaluate their relationship with food, body, and mind. Ashley is passionate about removing the shame and guilt around foods for her clients. In a world of much misinformation, she helps clients navigate the confusing and often destructive messages by providing the latest evidence-based recommendations.

Jennifer [Rego] was my direct supervisor during a nine month master's internship at Walden Behavioral Care. Jen has a passion for supervising students that showed through clearly during the time I worked with her. Over the course of nine months she helped me develop as a clinician through constant support, encouragement, and a few well-balanced pushes beyond my comfort zone. As her student I appreciated that she saw supervision as a collaboration between student and supervisor. Rather than tell me how I should treat clients based on her framework as a clinician, she always listened to my goals and values, and made me feel like my ideas were worth pursuing. Jen is an incredibly supportive supervisor, and she continues to be a clinician whose unconditional regard for clients I admire and respect. She would make an excellent addition to any team looking for someone who is passionate about training a new generation of clinicians.

Meghan Brown

LMHC