Renda Dionne Madrigal, Ph.D. was featured on the cover of the February 2018 edition of Mindful Magazine. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, TA/Advisor for the UCLA Semel Institute forNeuroscience and Human Behavior, Mindfulness Awareness Research Center Teacher Training Program, UCLA Certified Mindfulness Facilitator, and is Certified with the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. She is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, faculty at the Drama Therapy Institute of Los Angeles, and works with narrative, drama, and creative arts therapies. Dr. Dionne Madrigal specializes in embodied mindfulness-based practices and has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist for over twenty years. She combines mindfulness, somatic (body-based) therapies, and story in much of the work she does. She is also Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Her heritage informs her focus on the importance of balance and connection. Her book The Mindful Family Guidebook will be out in the Spring of 2021.
Dr. Dionne Madrigal has been trained in many evidence-based treatment modalities.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness for Chronic Pain
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (Peter Levine)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Creative Arts and Drama Therapy
Yoga for Mood Management
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens
Inner Kids, mindfulness for youth
.b Mindfulness in School programs for youth
Parent Child Interaction Therapy
Mindful Parenting
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Theatre of the Oppressed
Narradrama Facilitator
Beat the Odds-UCLA Healing ARTS using drumming as a healing modality
Storytelling/cultural strengthening groups
