About Me

Florian is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London. He is also a trainer and supervisor in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT, Schema Therapy). As lead for the Maudsley Mindfulness Service he has been delivering Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Groups (MBCT) for patients with chronic depression and anxiety problems for 17 years. He is running an MBCT-based program to improve compassion, well-being and resilience in doctors. During the pandemic, Florian initiated the Mindfulness-for-All (M4ALL), a live-online program for health staff support which is ongoing. Florian is the London-lead of a randomised-controlled multicentre trial investigating mindfulness on patients with CBT-resistant depression (Response). Florian teaches Cognitive Behavioural Therapy & MBCT on an MSc Courses in London. He has published in the areas of MBCT, anxiety and depression.