Director of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Consulting Associate, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, completed his psychiatry residency at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center. He is board certified in psychiatry and worked for 14 years in community mental health and private practice. Dating back to medical school, meditation has been a focal point of Dr. Brantley's private life, as well as an integral part of his work with people seeking healing in their lives.

Dr. Brantley has been practicing meditation for more than 30 years personally, and has been teaching programs in mindfulness meditation for more than 10 years. As the founder and director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke Integrative Medicine, Dr. Brantley teaches intensive courses on mindfulness meditation and conducts extensive experiential programs and group lectures.

Dr. Brantley has participated in many intensive meditation retreats, practicing with a variety of teachers, including Joan Halifax, Thich Nhat Hanh, Larry Rosenberg, Christina Feldman, and members of the Amaravati Buddhist monastic community. He has also completed the professional training for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction offered by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli. Dr. Brantley is the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You From Anxiety, Fear, and Panic and is the co-author, with Wendy Millstine, of the Five Good Minutes series and Daily Meditations for Calming Your Anxious Mind.