Alison Keane – Mindfulness Teacher and Clinical Counsellor

Alison Keane is an experienced and registered Brisbane Counsellor who uses mindfulness based approaches in her counselling work.

Counselling sessions may follow a more traditional pathway of guided supported conversation or Alison may suggest the benefits of mindfulness meditation, lifestyle mindfulness, gentle restorative yoga, therapeutic body scan or other body-based relaxation practices.

Alison’s Experience and Background

• Alison trained as a MINDFULNESS EDUCATOR under the direction of Professor of Medicine Emeritus Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Omega Institute, California in 2007
• She teaches mindfulness meditation, and MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION (MBSR) and MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY (MBCT) privately.
• Alison has taught MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION (MBSR) for 12 years and was Brisbane’s first MBSR group course teacher. She is one of a handful of Australian mindfulness trainers accredited with the CENTER FOR MINDFULNESS IN MEDICINE HEALTHCARE & SOCIETY (CFM)*.
• One of her Queensland mindfulness courses was featured in the award-winning SBS documentary, The Silent Epidemic first screened in 2010 and televised to international audiences.
• Alison is a qualified and highly experienced teacher of HATHA, RESTORATIVE & YIN YOGA (IYTA & YA)
• As well as extensive experience and skill as a mindfulness trainer Alison is an experienced clinical counsellor (MSSc Queensland University of Technology). 
• Alison has a private counselling practice on Brisbane’s northside.

* The CFM is an international agency involved in setting up global mindfulness teaching standards.

Alison’s Specialisations

• Anxiety
• Mindfulness
• Relaxation
• Spirituality
• Bettering Relationships
• Grief & Loss
• Post Traumatic Stress