Dr. Kabat-Zinn is Executive Director of the CFM and Professor of Medicine in the medical school. Most participants are referred to the clinic by their physicians. The cost is covered in whole or in part by many health insurance plans and some HMOs.
Participants pay any balance out of pocket.
A range of payment plans are available so that cost is not a barrier to attendance for people motivated to take the program. Our inner city clinic is free of charge and offers on-site mindful childcare and travel vouchers. The work of the Stress Reduction Clinic was prominently featured in the award-winning 1993 PBS Televison special, Healing and the Mind, with Bill Moyers . It has also been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, NBC Dateline, CBS This Morning, and numerous other television programs, as well as in USA Today, the New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and many other national print media. The work of the SRC is based on training medical patients in mindfulness meditation and its applications in facing and coping with stress, pain, and illness.