Mindfulness and Meditation in Trauma Treatment: The Inner Resources for Stress Program

About Lynn C. Waelde

Lynn C. Waelde PhD is Professor in the Psychology Department and Director of the Meditation and Psychology Area of Emphasis in the clinical psychology PhD program at Palo Alto University; Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine; and founder and Director of the Inner Resources Center a center for mindfulness and meditation intervention training and research. Dr. Waelde completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Medical Center in New Orleans where she was trained as a specialist in posttraumatic stress disorder. Her clinical and research interests focus on manifestations and treatment of stress disorders and therapeutic applications of meditation and mindfulness. She is a lifelong practitioner of yoga mindfulness and meditation.