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Tina Runyan, PhD, ABPP

Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Massachusetts Medical School

[email protected]

Education and Training

Mindful Practice Facilitator Training, 2018

MBCT Training, 2017

ABPP, Clinical Health Psychology, 2010

PhD, Clinical Psychology, Virginia Tech, 1998
M.S., Virginia Tech, 1995
B.S., University of Maryland - 1992

Focus and Interests

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions

  • Physician Well-Being

  • Mindfulness Based Skills Training for Clinicians

Bio

Dr. Runyan is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Runyan serves as the house officer counselor for Graduate Medical Education at UMMS, treating resident and fellow physicians. She is passionate about developing and implementing education, training, and policies to promote clinician well-being in medicine and is the co-founder of Tend Health.

Dr. Runyan previously served as the director of Behavioral Science for the Worcester Family Medicine Residency Program, director of integrated behavioral health, and the director of a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology in primary care. As an MBCT instructor, she draws heavily from her own mindfulness practice, training as a 200-hour registered yoga teacher, training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and her deep roots in health psychology.

Body Scan

43 Minutes

Mindfulness of Breath

34 Minutes

Stretch and Breath

25 Minutes

Mindful Movement

35 Minutes

Mindful Walking

15 Minutes

Three Minute Breathing Space

3 Minutes

Three Minute Breathing Space -- Extended

8 Minutes

Sitting Meditation

10 Minutes

Sitting Meditation

23 Minutes

Sitting Meditation

30 Minutes

Working with Difficulty Meditation

25 Minutes

Compassionate Body Scan

33 Minutes

Chair Yoga

38 Minutes

Save Recordings to Your Computer

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