Gloria Murrant

Gloria Murrant is a psychotherapist, trainer/consultant and Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction Facilitator in private practice. She is a partner in Competence Consultants & Associates, a consulting company that specializes in Cultural Competence, Human Rights and Equity issues.

Gloria is a Registered Social Worker and completed her psychotherapy training at the Center for Training in Psychotherapy. She has a Master's in Adult Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, a Diploma in Human Services Management from George Brown College and a Bachelor of Social Work from McMaster University. She attended a Professional Training Program for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli.

Gloria has 25 years of local, national and international experience in individual, organizational, and community capacity building. In her professional career she has been Executive Director of Bereaved Families of Ontario Toronto Office; Education and Organizational Development Specialist at Casey House Hospice; Coordinator of a community Anti-racism Project; Manager of a Rural Development Organization in Botswana, and a Life Skills Coach/Adult Educator at Mohawk College. She has lived and worked in India, Australia, Israel and Botswana. She has published articles in the area of Care for the Caregiver and Hospice Volunteers. She is a member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists and the Canadian Association of psychodynamic therapists.

Her work is deeply influenced by her many years of meditation and yoga practice.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, email Gloria Murrant at gmurrant@gmail.com.