About Karuna
At Karuna Institute we are committed to depth. Our main training is the Post Graduate Diploma in Mindfulness based Core Process Psychotherapy. Access to this training is via attendance of an Introductory day followed by an interview and attendance of the Foundation Year.
The Karuna Institute was originally founded and developed over 40 years by Maura and Franklyn Sills, who were both Buddhist Practitioners and therapists.
Originally trainings at Karuna Institute were held residentially on Dartmoor. Karuna Dartmoor remains the venue for our yearly five-day residentials. Groups often find these five days to be a deeply bonding time and we always spend part of our time together on the moors in a short retreat.
Since 2019 Karuna has been offering trainings that are based in Bristol.
Our intention in moving to Bristol was to make our training cheaper to attend and to attempt to diversify the student base. Karuna Institute is committed to diversification and the attempt to make our psychotherapy trainings, and the psychotherapy profession itself, more open and available to racial and socio-economic groups who have struggled to access such pathways. We are committed too to working with neuro-diversity and understanding the Psychotherapy profession and practice through neuro-diverse lenses.