Pierre
has been working in Behavioral and Elder Health Care for over 30 years
in many capacities including business administration, program
development, and contracting and marketing in the US and in Canada. He
holds a BA in psychology/philosophy and an MS degree in organizational
management. Pierre was ordained as a Buddhist Chaplain from Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe in 2011 and worked at The D'Amour Cancer Care Center at Baystate Medical Center as an interfaith chaplain-in-training for American Clinical Pastoral Certification (ACPC). Pierre can officiate weddings and funerals.Pierre
received his mindfulness training at the University of Massachusetts
Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, where he
trained with Jon Kabat Zinn, Saki Santorelli, and Diana Kamila to teach
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. He has provided Mindfulness Based
Stress Reduction training with law enforcement personnel, physicians, cancer patients, patients with chronic illness and those affected by domestic violence.
He has
provided training sessions and workshops to professionals, clinicians
and patients including Council Practice, Mindfulness Based Stress
Reduction, Integrated Movement Practice, Compassionate Care of the
Dying, Managing Change in the Workplace, Conflict Management, Burnout
and Moral Distress in the Workplace.
Pierre
has also led support groups for several years with patients who have a
catastrophic illness and their caregivers. He has practiced body work,
meditation, and yoga for a few decades, involving many techniques that
involve integrating the body, mind, and spirit to reduce stress;
maximize transformative health outcomes; and serve people so that they
can be aware of the connection to themselves, others and the world they
inhabit.