Now Offering: Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) with Christopher Menard

MBRP (Bowen, Chawla and Marlatt, 2010) is a treatment approach originally developed at the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, for individuals in recovery from addictive behaviors.

MBRP practices are intended to foster increased awareness of triggers, destructive habitual patterns, and “automatic” reactions that seem to control many of our lives. Mindfulness practices in MBRP are designed to help us pause, observe present experience, and bring awareness to the range of choices before each of us in every moment. We learn to respond in ways that serve us, rather than react in ways that are detrimental to our health and happiness. Ultimately, we are working towards freedom from deeply ingrained and often catastrophic patterns.

Similar to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for depression, MBRP is designed as an aftercare program after substance abuse has ended integrating mindfulness practices and principles with cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention skills. MBRP is best suited to individuals who have undergone initial treatment and wish to maintain their treatment gains and develop a lifestyle that supports their well-being and recovery.

The primary goals of MBRP are:

1. Develop awareness of personal triggers and habitual reactions, and learn ways to create a pause in this seemingly automatic process.

2. Change our relationship to discomfort, learning to recognize challenging emotional and physical experiences and responding to them in skillful ways.

3. Foster a nonjudgmental, compassionate approach toward ourselves and our experiences.

4. Build a lifestyle that supports both mindfulness practice and recovery.

To listen to a sample MBRP mindfulness audio, go to: https://practicembrp.com/

This group is 1-hour with an 8-week commitment. 

An initial Zoom meeting with Dr. Menard is required before beginning the group.

Cost: $240 ($30 per meeting)

Location: Online or In-Person

To express interest, ask questions, and join the wait-list for the next MBRP group, email DrMenard@DrMenard.org and put MBRP in the subject line of the email.

You can also contact Dr. Menard via his work phone at 615-626-3878.

Dr. Menard received his doctorate from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and completed his internship at the University of Illinois Psychological Services Center in Champaign, IL.  Before moving to Nashville in the summer of 2023, he provided clinical services in Urbana, Illinois and trained doctoral students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention.