Mindful Self-Compassion Course: Immersion Skills Training in Applied Mindfulness and Self-Care
8 session course + mindfulness meditation retreat
Upcoming course dates
Course dates for 2020 to be advised
Results
This Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) course will aim to teach participants to:
- Easily integrate mindfulness, self-compassion and loving kindness in daily life
- Understand, experientially, the empirically supported benefits of self-compassion
- Handle difficult emotions with ease
- Motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism
- Transform destructive emotional patterns and challenging relationships
- Approach difficult relationships with equanimity
- Manage caregiver fatigue
- Practice the art of savouring and self-appreciation
- Teach simple self-compassion skills to patients, clients or students
MSC is suitable for anyone who wishes to cultivate these skills. MSC training is also helpful for preventing burnout.
About the course
MSC is an empirically supported training program designed to cultivate the skills of self-compassion and mindfulness. MSC has been developed from the innovative research of Dr Kristen Neff and the clinical expertise of Dr Christopher Germer (www.centerformsc.org). The program successfully integrates the concepts and practices from Mindfulness (MBSR, MBCT, DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Positive Psychology.
Rapidly expanding research shows that mindfulness and self-compassion are strongly associated with emotional well-being, lower levels of anxiety, pain and depression, more satisfying personal relationships, and the maintenance of healthy habits including diet and exercise.
Course Length
8 session course + half day mindfulness meditation retreat
What to expect
MSC is a highly experiential program in which you will learn over 25 meditations, practical strategies and simple tools that you can practice in daily life. It is conducted over 8 weekly sessions of 3 hours each plus a half-day mindfulness meditation retreat. Course activities include discussion of topics, experiential exercises and meditations, small group interactions
and home practices. Meditation experience is not necessary to attend this course.
About Suzanne’s co-facilitator
In addition to being a trained MSC teacher, Melita Caulfield is a psychology student with a particular interest in shame resilience, vulnerability, connection and sincerity. She is also a photographer, writer and avid reader.
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Workshop: Therapeutic Foundations and Applied Mindfulness for Embracing Life
Upcoming course dates
Course dates for 2020 to be advised
Workshop activities include:
- Presentation and discussion of topics including Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Theory and Research, Understanding Resistance, Befriending the Inner Critic, Self-Compassion for Caregivers, Embracing Life and Self-Appreciation;
- 8 guided practices and meditations;
- Small group interactions;
- Handouts on all workshop materials and practices; and
- Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
More about the workshop
The outstanding value of mindfulness has been well documented in the mental health or well-being literature for several decades. In more recent years, ground-breaking research shows that when mindfulness is integrated with the practice of self-compassion, the capacity of practitioners to be mindfully present in the pain or suffering of others is enhanced, while their capacity to improve the way they relate to others and to themselves
is substantially increased and more personally satisfying.
Practitioners of mindfulness and self-compassion are able to respond to difficult moments with kindness, care and understanding. They experience improved emotional well-being, less anxiety and depression. They maintain healthier lifestyle habits. They enjoy more satisfying personal relationships.
Who should attend?
This workshop is ideally suited to people who are Carers or who have experience helping patients, clients, students or children with personal, physical, emotional, cognitive or physical health issues. Experience with some form mindfulness practice is not essential.
Mindful Self-Compassion Training for the Workplace
Suzanne also provides training in Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in workplace settings including hospitals, community health, disability services, NGOs and Corporations. For more advice on training in workplace settings, please contact Suzanne.
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