PsychSyt - 2200 Yonge Street, Suite 909
How to register for evening MBSR groups:
a) have your doctor fax a referral form to me at 416-487-6221 (download Referral)
b) you then phone Dr. Margittai (416-483-3778) to register for the next orientation.
(2020 groups will ALL be done virtually via the internet) - phone orientations, then:
Spring group begins Wed. May 6; Fall group begins Wed. September 9
c) Download and completely fill in ALL the registration forms, and make sure to
email it (6 pages) just prior to the first session. (download Registration package)
d) Each session lasts about 3 hours (5:30 - 8:30 pm). Participants are expected to stay
until the end, when a homework package will be explained and distributed by email.
e) The registration / uninsured medical services fee is due at the time of signing up
(e-transfer only, please). This is a one-time, non-refundable fee.
f) The group will meet once a week, for a total of 8 consecutive sessions, always
Wednesday evenings, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm.
g) Registrants are expected to attend every session, be punctual, treat it as if it were in person,
stay till the end of each session, and do about 60 minutes of daily "homework" in-between
the sessions. (See Pamphlet)
h) Useful information about the virtual session set-up: https://support.zoom.us
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NYGH - 4001 Leslie Street, Ground floor, Classroom B
How to register for afternoon MMC groups: DUE to the COVID19 isolation requirements for 2020, these groups will only offered virtually, through my PsychSyt office (information on the left).
Dr. Margittai usually 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. (POSTPONED TILL 2021 - instead, an online, virtual group
will be offered beginning July 3rd - Aug. 21st, 2020 for 8 consecutive Fridays from 10:30 am
to 1:30 pm. Please call Dr. Margittai to register now: 416-483-3778.)
There are four sessions offered every year: Winter - from mid-January; Spring- from early April; Summer - from early June; 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 Sessions will all be done virtually via internet - See PsychSyt information
Physician referrals can be faxed to Dr. Margittai at 416-487-6221
(faxing a referral does not automatically guarantee registration into the group)
Patients must please call / leave detailed contact information so you personally speak
with Dr. Margittai to actually register:
416-483-3778Copyright 2018 Dr Katalin Margittai