Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training for Professionals

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FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT), developed by Jean Kristeller and supported by National Institutes of Health–funded research, addresses mindless and stress-related eating, disordered eating patterns, and obesity through the application of mindfulness practices. This program provides intensive training in the application of the MB-EAT intervention in clinical settings.

Informed by Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction work and the principles of food-intake regulation, the MB-EAT program employs mindfulness meditation, mindful eating exercises, didactic instruction, and self-reflection to cultivate awareness and a more balanced and positive relationship to eating and weight.

Those with a mindfulness meditation practice and related professional/clinical experience with eating issues are qualified to teach the MB-EAT program under supervision upon the completion of the program. Others receive an introduction to the practices of MB-EAT and gain valuable tools and information to integrate into their work, and preparation to be instructors.  

NOTE Tuition includes the Eating for Awareness Training audio recordings and the manual. Attendance at this program does not automatically qualify you to teach the MB-EAT program, but you will receive skills and tools to integrate into clinical practice. For more information, please email jkristeller@indstate.edu  or andrea@mindfuleatingtraining.com 

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