Steven Hickman
Steve Hickman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSD Departments of Psychiatry and Family & Preventive Medicine. Steve is the Founder and Director of the UCSD Center for Mindfulness, a program of community building, clinical care, professional training and research. Having taught over 50 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) courses, and been a trainer in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Steve gladly pursued training as a MSC teacher as well. Having witnessed the transformation that is possible out of the practice of self-compassion, including what he has witnessed in his own MBSR “graduates”, he has become an advocate for self-compassion as an essential aspect of a mindful life. Dr. Hickman is also a member of the Executive Committee of the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine. He is married and has three teenage children, affording him ample opportunities to practice what he preaches.