Rebecca Crane
20022025

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Overview

Rebecca Crane PhD directs the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University and has played a leading role in developing its training and research programme since it was founded in 2001. She teaches and trains internationally in both Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Her research and publications focus on how the evidence on mindfulness-based interventions can be implemented with integrity into practice settings. She has written Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Distinctive Features 2017, co-authored Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at Risk of Suicide, 2017, co-edited Essential Resources for Mindfulness Teachers, 2021, and is a Principle Fellow with the Higher Education Academy. 

Contact Info

Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice
Room 328, Brigantia Building, Bangor University
Gwynedd LL57 2AS
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388066 
Email: [email protected]

bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness

implementing-mbct.co.uk

Teaching and Supervision

I founded the first Master's programme in the field of mindfulness at Bangor University. It has gone from strength to strength since we started out in 2003. Students can choose the route that most suits their interests - a route leading to certification in MBCT or MBSR; a route leading to an empirical thesis; and options to take your Masters in 3 years or up to five years. 

I also train internationally in MBCT and MBSR. And offer training in the use of our competence framework - the MBI:TAC. 

Research

 

My research investigates the practical implications of the evidence for mindfulness-based interventions – how do we support implementation in main stream settings in ways that preserve the integrity and effectiveness of the approach whilst also adapting to fit the context? Specifically my research investigates the process of MBCT implementation in the UK health service; ways of assessing mindfulness-based teaching competence; the links between training level, teaching competence and participant outcome; and adaptations of existing models of delivery.

I am keen to explore the role that mindfulness training can play in wider systemic transformation to reverse climate breakdown and enable flourishing for humans and the natural systems we are part of,  and aim to integrate social justice frameworks into the way I approach teaching and research. 

Prof Rebecca Crane is a member of the Clinical, Health, & Behavioural Psychology research group.

 

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Education/Academic qualification

Other, Professional, Certification as a teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, University of Massachusetts, MA

Award Date: 4 Apr 2010

Postgraduate, MA, Masters in Mindfulness-Based Approaches, University of Wales, Bangor

2 Feb 20026 Jun 2005

Award Date: 6 Jun 2005

Professional, Professional, Accredited Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)

Award Date: 19 Oct 1994

Postgraduate, Other, Post Graduate Diploma In Counselling, University of Wales, Bangor

1 Sept 19921 Jun 1994

Award Date: 1 Jun 1994

Professional, Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, Oxford

9 Sept 19841 Jun 1987

Award Date: 1 Jun 1987

Postgraduate, PhD, From research to practice: integrity and pragmatics in implementing mindfulness-based interventions

20102015

Professional, Professional, Professional Registration, Occupational Therapist with the Health & Care Professions Council

External positions

Advisory Board member, Parkinson's Care and Support UK

21 Mar 2021 → …

Advisory Board Member, Mindfulness Wales

1 Jan 2021 → …

Associate Editor, Global Advances in Health and Medicine journal

1 Oct 2020 → …

Trustee, The Mindfulness Network

1 Apr 2018 → …

Advisory Board, British Association for Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA)

1 Jan 2018 → …

Advisory board Member, International Mindfulness Integrity Network

1 Jan 2017 → …

Advisory Board member, The Mindfulness Initiative

1 Jan 2014 → …

International Advisory Board, Mindfulness journal

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