Patrizia Collard

Born in Vienna, Patrizia Collard was a psychologist, psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher. She studied in Oxford, Vienna and London and taught, among other institutions, at the University of East London and as a visiting professor at the School of Interpersonal Cognitive Psychotherapy in Rome. Her psychotherapeutic work drew in part on cognitive behavioural therapy and incorporated mindfulness-based approaches. Collard received training from, among others, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Chris Germer, Kristin Neff and Christina Feldman. She wrote several books on mindfulness and self-compassion.