Mindful Self-Compassion Courses

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion to enhance our capacity for emotional well-being.

Official Curriculum

In Mindful Self-Compassion program, you will learn:

• Ways to lessen being hard on yourself

• Tools to handle difficult emotions with greater ease

• How to motivate yourself with encouragement rather than criticism

• Skills to transform difficult relationships, both old and new

• Practices related to mindfulness and self-compassion for at home and everyday life

• The theory and research behind mindful self-compassion

• How to become your own best teacher

More on 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion Course

Over a course of 8 sessions plus a half-day experiential retreat, the Mindful Self Compassion program covers various topics.  The session topics include:

• Session 1: Introduction to the concept and practice of self-compassion

• Session 2: Introduction to the concept and practice of mindfulness

• Session 3: Introduction to the concept and practice of loving-kindness

• Session 4: Practices to develop a compassionate inner voice

• Session 5: Exploration of core values.  Practices to develop compassion for self and others

• Session 6: Development of skills to deal with difficult emotions

• Session 7: Practices to explore coping with challenging interpersonal relationships

• Session 8:  Practices to relate to positive aspects of oneself and one’s life with appreciation

Advisory: An additional orientation session may be added to the beginning of the course. If no orientation session is scheduled, you will still have the opportunity for a 1:1 interview at a mutually agreed time prior to start of Session 1.

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Short Course on Mindful Self-Compassion (SC-MSC)

Next Course: 6-weeks, 75min

Dates: Jan 12 - Feb 16, 2022

Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion (SC-MSC) is a 6-week program that is an adaption of the full MSC program. Each session is 75 minutes long.

This is the official SC-MSC curriculum.

Evidence based, experiential, with didactic portions and exploring in a small group. Maximum 20 students per cohort. There will be light assignments in between classes.

If your current schedule does not allow a fully immersed 8-week, 2.5Hr per session course, this program is for you. You will be introduced to the essential elements of Mindful Self-Compassion..

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
* Articulate the basic theoretical underpinnings and research findings related to self-compassion
* Develop and apply self-compassion practices to motivate themselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism
* Develop the capacity to contend with challenges and difficulties through awareness of self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness.
* Apply core self-compassion practices into daily life

Program fee: $275

Self Compassion for Healthcare Communities

Self-Compassion Training for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) is a 6-hr evidence-based healthcare adaptation of Mindful Self-Compassion, the empirically supported program of Dr. Kristin Neff at UT Austin and Dr. Chris Germer at Harvard Medical School. This training aims to improve wellbeing and personal resilience in healthcare professionals by teaching mindful self-compassion skills to deal with distressing emotional situations as they occur at work and at home.  

Offered to your Health Care team, at a time convenient for you.

6 weekly classes. Each session is 1-Hour long.