In this episode, I interview Donna Costa, an occupational therapist with expertise in the areas of mental health and mindfulness interventions. Donna has received extensive certifications in leading various mindfulness curriculums. We discuss tools for finding the right mindfulness course for you. We also dive into the impacts of compassion fatigue and job burnout during these challenging times. In this episode we cover:

* Transcendental meditation
* Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

* The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) indicates that MBCT should be the first offering for people with depression, based on the styrong supporting evidence.


* Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
* Mindfulness-based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPM )
* Koru Mindfulness Approach (for college students)
* Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM)
* What is the difference between job burnout and compassion fatigue?
* How to recognize the signs/symptoms of each
* Ways to increase compassion satisfactionResources:
* Dr. Wilough Britton of Brown University produced a toolbox of materials to help teach and practice meditation safely. https://www.brown.edu/research/labs/britton/meditation-safety-toolbox 
* Professional Quality of Life Scale
* Provider Resilience App
* Wellbeing Index
* The Resilient Practitioner by Thomas M. Skovholt
* Clinician Well-being Collaborative of Medicine

Donna’s Bio
Donna Costa has been an occupational therapist for 47 years with expertise in the practice areas of mental health and academic education. She is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association. Donna has authored three books on fieldwork education – The Essential Guide to Fieldwork Education (2004, 2015) and Clinical Supervision in Occupational Therapy (2007) and has served as an Associate Editor and chapter author for the 6 th Edition of The Occupational Therapy Manager. She has also written numerous articles for OT Practice. Donna came to UNLV in 2017 to develop the Occupational Therapy Program and is currently the Founding Program Director and Associate Professor in Residence. Mindfulness-based interventions are a strong interest of Dr. Costa, with formal training/certification in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management, and the Koru Mindfulness Program for college students.