Description
From depression and anxiety to addiction and trauma, a lack of self-compassion lies at the core of nearly every presenting problem. When therapy is effective, the therapist’s compassionate attitude seems to rub off on the client.
Chris Germer – Self-Compassion in Clinical Practice
Luckily, self-compassion exercises can also be taught and practiced between sessions, making the therapy relationship more portable. This recording will show how to apply Carl Roger’s maxim “When I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.â€
Handouts
Manual – Self-Compassion in Clinical Practice (588.2 KB) 33 Pages Available after Purchase
Outline
Self-compassion break
A moment of suffering
Suffering is a part of life
May I be kind to myself?
Working with difficult emotions
Labeling emotions
Mindfulness of emotions in the body
Soften-sooth allow
Shame
An innocent emotion
Sources of shame
Shame and other emotions
Negative core beliefs
Self-compassion and shame
Shame and silence
Self-compassion and the whole self
Backdraft
What is backdraft?
How do we recognize it?
What can we do about it?
Soles of the feet
Finding loving kindness phrases
Loving kindness for ourselves
Compassionate letter to myself
Compassionate moment
Giving and receiving compassion
Compassionate listening
Compassion with equanimity
Living with a vow
Pathways and stages
Faculty
Chris Germer, PhD
Christopher K. Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist in the Boston area, specializing in mindfulness- and compassion-oriented psychotherapy. He is a Lecturer on Psychiatry, Part-Time, at Harvard Medical School and a founding faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. With Kristin Neff, PhD, Dr. Germer developed the empirically-supported, 8-week, Mindful Self-Compassion program. He conducts workshops and lectures internationally on mindfulness and self-compassion, is co-editor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy, and author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion.
