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.
(2020 groups will ALL be done virtually via the internet) - orientations:
Spring group begins Wednesday May 6; Fall group begins 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 hours (5:30 - 8:30 pm). 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 due at that time
(e-transfer 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)
h) Useful information about the virtual session set-up: https://support.zoom.us
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)
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:
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