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Dr. William Jackson is a clinical health psychologist in private practice and a former Buddhist Monk with 20 years of experience in mindfulness based meditation and a passion for comprehensive well-being. He is focused on developing systems to aid individuals in clarifying and realizing a personalized vision of well-being. William incorporates the most accessible and core methods from Vietnamese Zen, Burmese Theravada and contemporary evidence-based meditation practices to his wide network of health and wellness practitioners including experts in yoga, nutrition and holistic care. In addition, Dr. Jackson has researched and trained in clinical applications of meditation including the Relaxation Response program developed at the MGH Benson Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine (3RP), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Training for Primary Care Clinician (MTPC).

He is the founder of SkillfulMeans and creator of the online meditation program The SkillfulMeans Program.

Website: www.skillfulmeans.life

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.