Paweł Holas, MD, PhD
Certified teacher and therapist of mindfulness-based approaches, therapist, psychiatristAreas of expertise:
- Mindfulness
- Compassionate leadership
Co-founder (2008) and first President of the Polish Mindfulness Society (PTM), currently a member of the PTM Board. Founder of the Institute of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and President of the Mindfulness Development Foundation, under which he implements teacher training in MBCT in cooperation with the Oxford Mindfulness Center. Director of the postgraduate course "Mindfulness and Compassion. Foundations, Research and Psychotherapy" at SWPS University. Member of the Mindfulness International Integrity Network. Student of Jon Kabat-Zinn, creator of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, whom he invited to Poland in 2009. Co-organizer of the 2008 international mindfulness conference at SWPS University in Warsaw and the conference "Wherever You Are Be - The Social Dimension of Mindfulness" (https://www.konferencja-mindfulness.org/) at the European Solidarity Center in Gdansk in January 2019.
She conducts mindfulness trainings both in the context of self-development and psychological intervention, such as with people with mood problems. She also conducts mindfulness trainings for companies.