Dr Paramabandhu Groves

Breathing Space Clinical Director                   Dr Paramabandhu Groves BA MB BS MRCPsych is a consultant psychiatrist working in the NHS and specialising in addiction.

He has trained in Core Process Psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy, and has been teaching meditation and leading retreats at the London Buddhist Centre since 1990.

He has led courses of MBCT since 2004 and adapted it for preventing relapse into addiction (Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention). His work with MBRP was featured in a full-page article in The Times in 2007.

Most rcently Dr. Groves has developed the new KBT course which has drawn widespread interest and is currently part of a PhD research project at University College London.

He trains and supervises teachers of mindfulness-based therapies at the London Buddhist Centre, and has taught and presented at conferences for health professionals in the NHS.

Apart from providing training in mindfulness withing the NHS, Dr Groves recently ran an MBA training day for health proffesionals at Breathing Space in September 2011.