Stress Reduction Center

West Chester University

Donald McCown
Assistant Professor
Room 211 Sturzebecker Health Sciences Center
West Chester , PA 19383 610-436-2267
STRESSREDU@wcupa.edu


About Us

Vision:

To facilitate the empowerment of students, staff, faculty, management, and the wider University community in recognizing, understanding, and managing stressors in their lives through mindfulness so as to foster health and wellness.  This vision complements the University‘s mission to promote social justice and a civil society, and specifically addresses the following transformations of the Plan for Excellence:  student success, human capital, responsiveness, and resourcefulness

Mission

The Stress Reduction Center recognizes that the effective management of stress makes a positive contribution to human health and flourishing. The Center is dedicated to educating and empowering individuals to live in greater balance, to cultivate inner resources, and to play an active role in their health and well-being.

Purposes:

  • To teach non-credit classes in a variety of mindfulness-based stress management modalities, including mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR).
  • To serve as a community clearing house for existing on- and off-campus stress management programs to assist individuals seeking opportunities to manage their own stress.
  • To serve as a campus resource for students and other individuals seeking credit-bearing, continuing education, continuing medical education, and professional development workshops, conferences/symposia/lectures, courses, certificates, and/or degree programs at West Chester University.
  • To support thoughtful exploration and use of contemplative and reflective practices to foster learning.
  • To guide and support those individuals who wish to bring mindful evidence-based stress management approaches to other settings and groups by providing instruction and supervision.
  • To become a resource for the community by providing mindfulness-based stress reduction programs, courses, retreats and consultation.