About Lee
Since 1993, Dr. Lee Lipp has been facilitating workshops and practice groups and classes that combine psychotherapeutic skills with mindfulness meditation for issues related to chronic depression and anxiety mood states, as well as for preventing substance abuse relapse. Having taught in psychology graduate programs for 16 years, her recent work has included teaching at the San Francisco Mental Health Association and San Francisco Dept. of Mental Health, San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, The Drug Court of the Superior Court of California-San Francisco County, Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, as well as at many of the Bay area’s Buddhist Centers, i.e. San Francisco Zen Center, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Center, Zen Hospice Project, Tassajara Mountain Center, San Francisco Insight, Arcata Zen Center, Gay Men’s Buddhist Sangha, and East Bay Meditation Center.
Dr. Lipp has taken training with Zindel Segal, Ph.D. and Steven Alper, L.C.S.W, has been a member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing and has engaged in Zen and Vipassana meditation practice for over 20 years. Her most recent work has included being Diversity/ Outreach Coordinator at San Francisco Zen Center as well as supervision of interns at Haight Ashbury Psych Services. She presently sits on San Francisco Zen Center’s Ethics and Reconciliation Council, has served on the Board of Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) and has led Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement training programs for BPF.
On a personal note: The cupcake Lee is holding did not win the “Decorate a Cake” at the wedding shower she attended. Imagine that!
Read an article about Dr. Lipp which describes some of her recent work.
