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ABOUT LYNNE COPELAND

In 2013 with three young children and a very busy job as an educational psychologist, I came across an 8-week mindfulness course - the idea was to learn to teach mindfulness to children - but I found introducing mindfulness into my own life had a profound positive impact on my ability to cope with whatever life was throwing at me!  I realised this was something I needed to focus on for me first - so putting the oxygen mask on myself before helping anyone else. ​

After spending some time developing my own mindfulness practice, I went on to train to teach mindfulness to children, and then to adults.  I have completed a range of training to teach children, including the Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) Paws b course (for primary age) and .b (for teens) course, as well as Mindful Schools training; and have recently worked closely with a practitioner at Castlebar School to develop the curriculum Mindfulness for All Learners.

In 2016, I trained with MiSP to teach the 8-week .b foundations course for education staff and have been delivering that to teachers and LSAs in schools, as well as to Education Mental Health Practitioners, since 2017.  I have also trained to teach Finding Peace in a Frantic World and Mindfulness for Life (MBCT/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) with Oxford Mindfulness Centre and Bangor University, and deliver courses to adults in the community and online. ​

As well as teaching mindfulness to adults and children, I continue to work part-time as an educational psychologist in schools.

TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION

As a teacher of mindfulness based approaches, I am committed to:-

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Oxford Mindfulness Foundation (in partnership with University of Oxford)

Finding Peace in a Frantic World Training (2017)

MBCT-L (Mindfulness for Life) Training (2022)

Centre for Mindfulness Research & Practice at Bangor University

Teacher Training Pathway

Teacher Training Course Level 1  (2016)

MBCT Specialist Training (2022)

Mindfulness in a One-to-One Context Specialist Training (2024)

Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP)

Paws b primary curriculum training (2014)

.b foundations training (2016)

.b for teens training (2017)

Chartered Educational Psychologist

Institute of Education, University College London, 2005

Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council

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