PsychSyt - 2200 Yonge Street, Suite 909
How to register for evening MBSR groups:
a) have your doctor fax a referral form to intake at 416-487-6221 (download Referral)
b) you then phone Dr. Margittai (416-483-3778) to register for the next orientation
session at 5:30 pm. (2020 orientations: May 6, September 9)
c) Download and completely fill in ALL the registration forms, and make sure to
bring it (6 pages) with you to the Orientation. (download Registration package)
d) The Orientation lasts about 3.5 hours. All participants are expected to stay until
the end, when a homework package will be distributed to those who sign up.
e) The registration/ uninsured medical services fee is to be paid at that time (cash or
personal cheque only, please). This is a one-time, non-refundable fee.
f) The group will meet once a week, for a total of 7 consecutive sessions (including
the Orientation), Wednesday evenings, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm.
g) Registrants are expected to attend every session, sign-in at each visit, be punctual,
stay till the end of each session, and do about 60 minutes of daily "homework" in-between
the sessions. (See Pamphlet)
NYGH - 4001 Leslie Street, Ground floor, Classroom B
How to register for afternoon MMC groups:
Dr. Margittai also offers a mindfulness program at the North York General Hospital: Mindfulness for Medical Conditions (MMC). This is a physician-led, 9-week group program, on Friday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:30 pm.
There are three sessions offered every year: Winter - from mid-February; Spring- from the end of May; and Fall - from mid-September. These sessions last 3.5 hours, and there is an expectation that participants do one hour of daily homework, in between the sessions.
There is also an all-day silent retreat after the 6th week (Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm).
For more detailed information about this Hospital-based program, please consult the following:
1) NYGH MBI-CHC Pamphlet
2) NYGH Physician Referral
3) NYGH Registration Package
4) NYGH 2020 Orientations: Jan. 10th, May 1st, July 3rd, & Sept. 4th
Physician referrals can be faxed to NYGH intake at 416-756-6671
(faxing a referral does not automatically guarantee registration into the group)
Patients must please call / personally speak with Dr. Margittai to actually register:
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