Based in Harvard, Massachusetts, MindWorks for Children was founded by Harvard health educator, Roxanne Daleo, Ph.D., to help children and families better cope with social and academic pressures. Learn more at
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Biography
Dr. Roxanne Daleo is a leading authority in childhood stress and pain management. She is best known for her audio guided imagery relaxation journeys as the creator and founder of MindWorks for Children, a company dedicated to health promotion programs. Her work at Boston Children’s Hospital with bone marrow transplant patients led her to be taken as a member of the Mind/Body Clinic, Division of Behavioral Medicine, founded by Harvard Cardiologist, Dr. Herbert Benson, who was studying the physiological effects of ancient oriental meditation practices. As research assistant to Joan Borysenko, PhD, co-founder of the Mind/Body Clinic, Dr. Roxie’s own work developed innovative applications for children, based on stress and pain research from other members of the Mind/Body group, including Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, founder of the Mindfulness-Based Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Roxie became instructor and clinical supervisor in the Department of Professional Studies-Child Life at Wheelock College, Boston. Then later, she worked with Harvard Health and Fitness conducting classes for faculty and staff. Currently Dr. Roxie is dedicated to creating an entirely new paradigm of wellness, wholeness and wisdom and the practical tools to achieve it. Description
Dr. Roxie’s training and experience is unique because it was at a historic time when groundbreaking medical research was crossing new disciplines, known as psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). For over 20 years, Dr. Roxanne Daleo, affectionately called “Dr. Roxie” has been developing a system
for successfully teaching young children mind, body, healing skills. As a reknowned health educator, specializing in relaxation and stress reduction, whose work empowers children, parents and caregivers with ways to cope and conquer everyday academic and life stressors, often through expressive arts and play therapies. A pioneer in her field of health psychology, Dr. Roxie advocates non-drug alternative treatments which include stress management, biofeedback training and cognitive/behavioral therapy designed to help children calm the body, reduce fears, improve concentration, develop greater confidence and solve problems creatively. The gifted health educator, consultant and psychotherapist developed her audios as an outgrowth of her work with children at Harvard University Health Services, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. Her ability to express her inner child allows her to reach the hearts of all children. Generous, spontaneous, joyful and warm by nature, she has all the great traits that kids have, but comfortably ensconced in a straightforward, grown up personality. Mindworks audios have been widely embraced by health care providers, classroom teachers and parents, because they gently, playfully teach kids how to calm, relax and focus themselves, and build on their natural gift for imaginal play. Themes of her MindWorks series include: sleep, self-esteem, relaxation, happiness, kindness, courage, acceptance and anger management. Learn more at
Http//: www.drroxannedaleo.com