Allison McLay:  Psychometrist, Registered Psychotherapist, Mindfulness Teacher 

Allison is a registered psychotherapist with a practice in assessment and counselling for over 30 years, working in social services, university and private practice settings. She has been facilitating mindfulness-based groups, including MBCT and MBSR, for over 13 years.  Allison has been with the Centre for Mindfulness Studies since its inception, coming to provide professional training and mentoring for those seeking certification to deliver Mindfulness-Based Programs.  Over the last few years, she has been engaged in curriculum development and mentoring for projects designed to train front-line social service workers in the delivery of mindfulness-based wellness and treatment programs to marginalized youth and adults.  Most recently she co-authored a mindfulness workbook for youth to be published by New Harbinger in 2022.


Featured News: CMC was awarded a research grant titled “Neural and physiologic effects of self-compassion on chronic pain” from the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.  This grant provides seed funding for a pilot neuroimaging study examining self-compassion training for people experiencing chronic lower back pain.