Bruno Cayoun DPsych, MAPS, CCLIN
Dr Cayoun is a Clinical Psychologist at Macquarie Psychology. His treatment with clients is grounded, compassionate and effective. He is also Director of the MiCBT Institute in Hobart, a member or the Australian Psychological Society and a member of the College of Clinical Psychologistst. Dr Cayoun is an international speaker and teacher of MiCBT, an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Tasmania and clinical supervisor in mindfulness research worldwide.
His prior research at the University of Tasmania investigated the effects of attentional and inhibitory functions on behaviour (two essential mechanisms in mindfulness practice) in children with ADHD.
During the last 20 years, Dr Cayoun has practised mindfulness meditation and undergone intensive training in mindfulness centres in France, Nepal, India, and Australia.
Dr Cayoun is the principal developer of Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (MiCBT), which he began to pilot in 2001. Where this integrative approach is used as a crisis intervention and relapse prevention method, it repeatedly shows advantages over traditional cognitive and behavioural perspectives across a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.
Dr Cayoun provides continual training in MiCBT to various services and professional associations in Australia and abroad. His mindfulness training CDs are used worldwide and he is the author of a Mindfulness-integrated CBT: Principles and Practice. Dr Cayoun is also the developer of two questionnaires, the Short Progress Assessment and the Mindfulness-based Self Efficacy Scale, now translated in Portuguese and Dutch.