Tom works as an occupational therapist in private practice and with Vancouver Coastal Mental Health and Substance Use Program in Vancouver, Canada. He is a mentor for MBCT and MBSR teachers-in-training at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, an advisor with the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, and a clinical faculty at the University of British Columbia School of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. Since 2006, Tom has developed and facilitated mindfulness courses for people who have mental health and substance use issues, chronic pain, and neuromuscular conditions, and the general public.