Bonnie O'Brien-Jonsson
Education:
1993 M.S., Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
1977 B.A., Psychology, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA.
Special Training:
2002-2004 - Dedicated Practitioner's Program in Vipassana Meditation through Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA
1996 Training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction through the University of Massachusetts, Worcester, with Jon-Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli
Work Experience:
1998-current
A Year To Live groups - on going year long courses
1993-current: Owner and founder of Changing Perspectives
Consultant/facilitator/teacher includes:
| Women, Weight, Body Image and Health - daylong workshops for up to one hundred forty-one people-multiple offerings - offered for CEUs for health care professionals | |
| Creating Health - daylong workshops for up to seventy people, multiple offerings - offered for CEUs for health care professionals | |
| Living and Working Mindfully - daylong workshops, small and large groups, multiple offerings - offered for CEUs for health care professionals | |
| Living Mindfully Now- daylong, weekend, and multiple day workshop/retreats, small and large groups, multiple offerings - offered to the general public and CEUs for MFTs, LCSWs | |
| A Year To Live - one year long groups meet three hours per month plus one full day, average seven people per group, to date have led forty groups - offered to the general public and for CEUs for MFTs and LCSWs | |
| Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - two and one-half hours weekly for eight weeks plus one full day, groups up to thirty people, multiple offerings - currently teaching at University of California San Francisco |
2000 - 2001: Director Marin Endocrine Weight Management Clinic
Responsible for all trainings and health education of large high risk clinic
1996-1998: Datex - Teacher/trainer
Responsible for all aspects of medical education for health care professionals and personnel
1977- 1993: California Pacific Medical Center - Respiratory Therapist, Co-director Pediatric Asthma Center, Health Educator
Responsible for clinical care of patients, trainings for physicians and other health care professionals, facilitated classes and large workshops for
children with asthma and their parents
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