Melissa Moore

Melissa Moore is the Executive Director of Karuna North America. Melissa has her MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University and her PhD. in Psychological Anthropology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is a Buddhist practitioner, meditation teacher, and the founding faculty director of Karuna Training Europe, where she continues to teach. Melissa was the founding Director of The Felton Research and Training Institute. The Felton Institute is dedicated to research and training in best practices that raise the bar of community behavioral health services for the most marginalized populations suffering from severe and chronic mental illness. Melissa left her position with Felton in 2016 to teach Karuna Training full time. [Legacy titles: Acharya]