Dr. Donna Rockwell is a mindfulness meditation teacher, with expertise developed over 15 years in Shambhala International meditation training and the Harvard University Continuing Education Program in Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Rockwell is a grant recipient of Marjorie S. Fisher (Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation) for The Mindfulness Initiative through which Dr. Rockwell designed the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy curriculum in the Michigan School of Professional Psychology doctoral program, training graduate students in mindfulness-based theory and clinical practice. She also teaches Mindfulness, Meditation and Health at Saybrook University, Graduate School of Mind-Body Medicine, and has presented at Esalen Institute. Dr. Rockwell is a researcher in the field of mindfulness and its role in clinical psychology training and practice, presenting her original research at annual meetings of the American Psychological Association, as well as at national and international conferences.



Dr. Rockwell is a specialist in Celebrity Mental Health, with published research on the experience of fame and celebrity in the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, and in the book Film and Television Stardom, in the chapter: Ready for the Close-up: Celebrity Experience and the Phenomenology of Fame. Dr. Rockwell is a celebrity mental health expert who is quoted in major print media, regularly appears on TV and radio, and treats celebrity clients in her New York practice. Dr. Rockwell was mentored by Humanistic psychology founder, Clark Moustakas, PhD, at the Center for Humanistic Studies, where she was trained in person-centered psychotherapy and qualitative research, including phenomenological and heuristic research methods. Her training includes humanistic-existential psychotherapy, existential dream analysis, and play therapy.



In her clinical work, Dr. Rockwell is a psychologist in private practice, working with individuals, couples and adolescents in New York City and Farmington Hills, Michigan. Dr. Rockwell is a former TV journalist, covering Capitol Hill, the White House, and national politics for CNN and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. She is a regular contributor to Detroit’s Ambassador Magazine, in her column Being & Becoming and blogs for Huffington Post in Mindfulness in Everyday Life.

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