Andrew Waterhouse

I’m an occupational therapist working together with people living with dementia and their carers. I’ve worked in the NHS for nearly 20 years in a variety of settings including wards, community mental health teams and also using social and therapeutic horticulture as a means of rehabilitation. Through witnessing and experiencing the transformative capacity of mindfulness in my work and life I then trained to teach MBCT. I had the pleasure of studying with Oxford Mindfulness initially following the OMC foundations to teach curriculum and then completing the University of Oxford MBCT MSt in 2018.

I’m an Oxford Mindfulness Mentor, closely supporting trainees as they journey along their learning. I also lead the Oxford Mindfulness team of mentors, collaborating with the core Oxford Mindfulness management team and offering guidance to the mentoring team. I regularly teach MBCT and Mindfulness for life to NHS staff, the general population and to carers. I’m also delighted to teach the “Mindfulness: Taking it further” course as a means to further infuse mindfulness and its potential in the participants lives. The geographical area in which I teach, which usually is North and West London, UK.