Chris McDuffie

Chris McDuffie is a licensed therapist, addiction and recovery coach, and mindfulness coach based in Carlsbad, California. He works with people facing mental health and substance use challenges, and he brings Buddhist psychology into his work alongside secular, Western approaches such as ACT, CBT, DBT and MBRP. He is also well versed in 12 Step and SMART approaches to recovery.

Chris is a retired high school principal. He served for 11 years on the clinical team at AToN Center, a 30-day medical detox and residential treatment center for co-occurring disorders. He holds a Master of Social Work from Fordham University and a CADC-II for Chemical Dependency Counseling. He has also completed training in Compassion-Based Psychotherapy and Embodied Transformation through Nalanda Institute's Contemplative Psychotherapy Program, and he is a SMART trained facilitator.

He has lectured to help therapists apply Buddhist psychology. Those programs include Pulsus Forums Mental Health Conferences, the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals, and APA-approved CEU trainings held at the AToN Center. His podcast, "Spiritual Sobriety" on the Insight Timer app, explores how to bring Buddhist psychology together with the 12 Steps for mindful recovery.

Chris is sober and, according to his Insight Timer teacher page, practices physical, mental, emotional and spiritual sobriety. His website says he brings a lifetime of personal experience, compassion and respect to the care of each client.