Michelle Foote Pearce, DMin, MSN, MA

Michelle Foote Pearce, DMin, MSN, MA, is the Director of Mindfulness Programs and Outreach and Director of Psychological Services for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt. She is Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is a licensed and nationally certified mental health service provider and advanced practice registered nurse. Dr. Pearce has been meditating for over twenty years and develops and teaches context-based mindfulness courses to patients, in the community, and to students and other health professionals. She is a qualified teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. She has also developed and teaches Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness Skills for people with chronic illnesses, Mindfulness SKills for Chronic Pain and Mindful Listening for people suffering with tinnitus. She has served as the fidelity supervisor for the mindfulness arm of several research grants and is interested in the transformative effects of mindfulness for health and healing.