Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW, is a mindfulness-based psychotherapist in private practice. She teaches the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) programs and is certified as an MBSR instructor by the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Woods trains health-care professionals in mindfulness-based approaches both nationally and internationally, and provides consultation in mindfulness-based approaches to businesses and clinicians. She teaches MBCT workshops and professional training programs as well as mindfulness training retreats for professionals. A published author in the training of professionals in mindfulness, Susan Woods has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1981 and is a certified yoga instructor.