Mark Williams
Clinical psychologist and mindfulness researcher
Mark Williams is an Oxford emeritus professor of clinical psychology who helped develop mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT).
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About Mark Williams
Mark Williams holds emeritus status as a clinical psychology professor at Oxford, and he was the founding director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. Earlier in his career he held posts at the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge and at the University of Wales, Bangor. Together with John Teasdale and Zindel Segal, he developed MBCT, which aims to prevent relapse and recurrence in major depression. He also co-wrote The Mindful Way through Depression and, with Danny Penman, the book Mindfulness. His more recent book, Deeper Mindfulness (2023), looks at how to sustain and deepen a mindfulness practice. He continues to train mindfulness teachers internationally.