Breathwork: An additional treatment option for depression and anxiety? (Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 2012)
Rationale for a Clinical Breathwork Model. The groundbreaking article was the first in a series of 3 studies from Dr Lloyd Lalande's PhD research developing this clinical approach to breathwork, now known as Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy (GRMT). This original research shows that well established psychological understanding provide a clear rationale for the use of this 3 component clinical model of Breathwork as a treatment option for symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety.
Authored By: Lloyd Lalande PhD, Matthew Bambling PhD, Professor Robert King, Roger Lowe PhD.
Location of Research: School of Psychology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy: Development and evaluation of a brief therapist training program (Journal of Contemporary Psychtherapy, 2016)
Evidence-Based GRMT Therapist Training. This research article, the 2nd in a series, describes the development and evaluation of a standardized multi-component therapist training program in Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy (GRMT). Therapists were able to successfully gain confidence, basic knowledge, and competency in providing GRMT to clients, with positive client outcomes. Therapists also experienced transformations in their own wellbeing and awareness. This training research provide an evidence-base for the current GRMT practitioner training offered by Dr Lalande.
Authored By: Lloyd Lalande PhD, Robert King PhD, Matthew Bambling PhD, Robert Schweitzer PhD.
Location of Research: School of Psychology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
An uncontrolled clinical trial of Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy (GRMT) in the treatment of depression and anxiety (Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 2017)
Demonstrated Effectiveness of GRMT with Depression, Anxiety, and Stress. This research article reports the outcomes of a clinical trial of the manualized GRMT treatment program for depression and anxiety. 42 participants with a primary diagnosis of depression and/or anxiety disorder received up to 9 sessions each of GRMT from therapists who had previously received GRMT training. Treatment response was assessed using standardised outcome measures with data collected on a session-by-session basis. Results showed GRMT is an effective and fast acting approach for reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Authored By: Lloyd Lalande PhD, Robert King PhD, Matthew Bambling PhD, Robert Schweitzer PhD.
Location of Research: School of Psychology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Evaluation of Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy (GRMT) for Reducing Stress in Nurses (Journal of Holistic Nursing, 2022)
5 Group Sessions of GRMT Reduces Psychological Distress in Nurses. This paper reports on research examining the effectiveness of a 5 session GRMT group intervention in reducing psychological distress in nurses. The research took place in a large Buddhist hospital in Taiwan. GRMT performed as well or better than the comparison mindfulness-based intervention. Results suggest that GRMT can be an effective group intervention for improving the wellbeing of nurses, with significant reductions in anxiety and stress, and increases in mindfulness and self-compassion.
Authored by: Shu-Chen Wang RN PhD, Wen-Yu Hu PhD, Lloyd Lalande PhD, Jung-Chen Chang PhD, Shao-Yu Tsai PhD, Shu-Chuan Chang PhD, Tzung-Kuen Wen PhD.
Location of Research: Hualien Buddhist Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Single-Session Group Breathwork Intervention for Chronic Pain: A Proof-of-Concept Study of Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy (Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 2025)
Help for people with chronic pain. This paper reports on research examining the effect of a single GRMT group session on chronic pain. Chronic pain is a major public health problem. Due to the persistent, costly, and complex nature of chronic pain, there is a need for new safe and effective treatments. A single group session of GRMT was shown to be highly acceptable, satisfying, and potentially helpful to individuals with chronic pain. Most participants reported a clinically meaningful improvement in pain outcomes through the follow-ups. Participants rated the GRMT intervention as highly acceptable and satisfying. All participants recommended the intervention to someone else suffering from chronic pain. There were large, clinically meaningful improvements in pain intensity and pain interference from base-line to the 2-week and 6-week follow-ups.
Authored by: Steven D. Pratscher PhD, Lloyd Lalande PhD, Allison Davis MS, and Adam W. Hanley PhD.
Location of Research: Brain Science and Symptom Management Center, College of Nursing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
OTHER PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Dialogical Mindfulness in Supervision Role-Play (Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 2010)
This study investigated Mindfulness-based Role-play (MBRP) supervision to find out how therapists would experience the approach, and to what extent they would find it useful, particularly in relation to empathy toward clients. The main supervision outcomes were increased empathy with the client’s emotional experience, enhanced awareness of functioning as a therapist, and thoughts about how to proceed in therapy.
Authored by: Lars Andersson MPhil, Robert King PhD, Lloyd Lalande PhD.
Location of Research: School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.