Online Mindfulness-Based Groups Billed to Health Insurance
Email mmhs@challiance.org or apply for up-to-date information on each group
The programs offered through our Mindful Mental Health Service are available to all Massachusetts residents and all patients of Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA). However, participants who are not currently patients at CHA are required to register with us for an intake appointment prior to enrollment. Groups are only open to people living in Massachusetts and you must be physically located within the state during the time of each group session to meet the insurance requirements.
Introduction to Mindfulness (Nine Weeks)
Get an overview of, and introduction to mindfulness
Learn how mindfulness can help you to respond with clarity, rather than automatically reacting to pain, illness, and stress
Try out selected practices in a small group, meeting one hour per week
Mindful Behavior Change (MBC) (Eight to Nine Weeks)
Address habit change, stress, depression, pain, and anxiety, with a referral from your Primary Care or Behavioral Health Provider
Increase your self-care skills with tested, everyday practices backed by neuroscience
Also offered in Spanish and Portuguese; stay tuned for updates
The name of this course was previously Mindfulness Training for Primary Care (MTPC). Learn more about the name shift here.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (Nine Weeks)
Explore the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, and moods
Tackle chronic and recurrent depression
Tackle chronic and recurrent anxiety
Develop more calm and ease within yourself, with new tools and confidence
“Strengthen Your Practice” (SYP) Alumni Groups (Twelve Weeks)
Dive deeper into the practices you have learned from completing an eight to nine week mindfulness program (e.g., MBCT, MBCT-R or MTPC)
Ask questions and practice with others in a supportive group atmosphere
Improve emotional health and wellbeing
PARTS (Sixteen Weeks)
Elevate well-being with Internal Family Systems
Gain a non-pathologizing, empowering perspective on cognition and emotions
Achieve remarkable results in trauma treatment
Cultivate trusting, collaborative therapeutic relationships