This workshop integrates mindfulness and compassion meditation with cutting-edge science from several distinct fields―including neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, psychotherapy outcome research, and positive psychology―to explain how clinicians can help clients develop a more loving, kind, and forgiving attitude through self-compassion. The workshop is highly interactive with many opportunities for case consultation, role-plays, and demonstrations.

You will learn Dialogue-Based Mindfulness, a technique developed by the presenter, which utilizes verbal feedback from the client during the exercise in order to create custom-tailored meditation instructions. You will also learn 8 Core Skills for Self-Compassion, and how to incorporate them into therapy.

The practice of self-compassion supports effective therapy in two vital ways:

(1) It helps clients become a source of compassion for themselves; and

(2) It helps therapists be happier and generate more compassion for their clients.