David Paré, Ph.D. (Ottawa, Canada) is a Counselling Psychologist and director of the Glebe Institute, a Centre for Constructive and Collaborative Practice in Ottawa. He is an adjunct professor  in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, where he taught counselling and psychotherapy. David has written widely and presented internationally on the subject of narrative and postmodern therapies, as well as offering training and supervision in these areas. He is the author of The Practice of Collaborative Counselling and Psychotherapy (2013), and co-editor of Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy (2004), Furthering talk: Advances in the Discursive Therapies (2004), and Counseling and Social Justice: Discourse in Practice. (2018). David has maintained a mindfulness practice for the past 35 years. Along with Ian Percy, he co-presented a Collab Salon on Narrative & Mindfulness Practice, which is now available to Collab members in our library of Past Salons. David & Ian were  co-presenters for the June 13, 2017 workshop in Shelburne Vermont: Integrating Mindfulness & Narrative Practice.