Renda Dionne Madrigal

Renda Dionne Madrigal, Ph.D., is Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Registered Drama Therapist, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She was featured on the cover of the February 2018 edition of Mindful Magazine and is featured as a 2022 Powerful Woman of Mindfulness (August edition). She is a mentor for the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Mindfulness Awareness Research Center Teacher Training Program, and Stanford Certified Applied Compassion Educator/Consultant. She also has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts and is faculty at the Drama Therapy Institute of Los Angeles and California Indian Nations College, President of Mindful Practice Inc. and works with story medicine (embodied mindfulness, narrative and drama/creative arts). Dr. Dionne Madrigal has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist for over twenty years. She combines mindfulness, somatic (body-based) therapies, and story in much of the work she does. She is enrolled Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Her heritage informs her work. She is involved in healing theatre and has appeared in indigenous plays written by her daughters, Menil and Her Heart and Wildflower: