Anne Diedrich has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2000. She has completed the Dedicated Practitioners Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. For seventeen years she has worked with a diverse clientele and a wide range of problems. From 1993-2005, her clinical home was Family Service Agency of Marin, where she worked with adults and children experiencing distress, mental suffering, and symptoms of depression, anxiety, abuse, substance abuse, and serious emotional disturbances. She has also trained in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) under Dr. Zindel Segal. MBCT is an innovative, clinically proven treatment that encourages patients to play an active role in preventing the return of depression by integrating elements of mindfulness-based meditative practice with cognitive therapy. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: * Donate * Learn how to participate live * Find our schedule of upcoming speakers * Join our mailing list or discussion forum * Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter