Board Director | Course Director

Simon Whitesman

Simon is a medical psychotherapist, a mindfulness trainer and supervisor. He curated and coordinated the two-year certificate in mindfulness-based interventions at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences.

Simon is a director and past chairperson of the Institute for Mindfulness South Africa where he is currently the programme training director. 

His PhD research explored the ways in which mindfulness practices are most effectively shared in a trauma and context sensitive way to maximise reach and access, and which has informed the creation of new training curriculum offered by IMISA.