Dr Margaret Gottlieb
A practising GP with a strong interest in psychological medicine who has used mindfulness and meditation techniques therapeutically over many years. She has a Masters of Psychological Medicine, is a member of the Australian College of Psychological Medicine and a teacher for Black Dog Institute, University of NSW. She says “There is increasing evidence of the benefit of many of these techniques showing value for both short term symptom improvement and long term relapse prevention. Actually everyone can utilise aspects of these practices to stay well – especially us, the doctors at the coal face!”