Mindful Self Compassion 
​2-day Core Skills Workshop
Miami

Presenters:   Sharon M Theroux, PhD &                                                Patricia Isis, PhD
Dates:             Friday & Saturday, September 20-21 
Location:        Miami Country Day School
                          601 NE 107th St, Miami, FL 33161
Hours:            9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
CE/CPE Credits:  up to 12 
 ​Target Audience:   Psychologists, Nurses, Counselors,  Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Registered Dietitians, Dentists and Dental Hygienists
Learning Level:  Introductory
Course Type:       Live Workshop
Cost:                       $329 Early Bird
                                 $349 After August 20
Research ​demonstrates ​that ​self-compassion ​is ​significantly ​linked ​to ​increased ​happiness, ​vitality, ​motivation ​and ​optimism ​and ​decreased ​anxiety, ​depression ​and ​stress. ​Even ​more ​promising, ​self-compassion ​has ​been ​demonstrated ​to ​be ​a ​mutable ​trait–cultivated ​through ​the ​practice ​of ​guided ​meditations ​and ​daily ​informal ​exercises ​and ​meditations. ​

​Participants ​of ​this ​three-day ​workshop ​will ​learn ​the ​core ​skills ​of ​the ​8-week ​Mindful ​Self-Compassion ​(MSC) ​training, ​an ​empirically-supported ​program ​designed ​to ​cultivate ​self-compassion ​using ​meditation, ​daily ​life ​practices, ​lecture, ​group ​exercises ​and ​discussion. ​Self-compassion ​is ​an ​emotional ​skill ​that ​can ​be ​learned ​by ​anyone. ​You ​will ​be ​provided ​with ​essential ​tools ​for ​treating ​yourself ​in ​a ​kind, ​compassionate ​way ​whenever ​you ​suffer, ​fail, ​or ​feel ​inadequate. ​These ​practices ​can ​be ​instrumental ​to ​mental ​health ​practitioners ​both ​for ​their ​own ​self-care ​as ​well ​as ​helping ​clients. ​This ​workshop ​is ​relevant ​for ​the ​general ​public ​as ​well ​as ​practicing ​mental ​health ​professionals

Learning Objectives
​          Day 1
  1. List the three components of Self-Compassion
  2. Describe key research that supports the benefits of self-compassion
  3. Define Mindfulness and mindful self compassion
  4. Practice an Affectionate Breathing Meditation
  5. Define emotional resistance (e.g. “backdraft”) and how it creates unnecessary distress
  6. List the “adaptive” functions of self-criticism, and how to motivate ourselves with compassion instead
 
     Day 2
  1. Practice a “Giving and Receiving Compassion” meditation
  2. Practice a Soften, Soothe and Allow Meditation
  3. Define shame, and how self-compassion is the antidote for shame
  4. Define Caregiver Fatigue, and the signs and symptoms of caregiver fatigue
  5. Practice a Self-Compassion with equanimity meditation
  6. Define “negativity bias” and how it is hardwired in our brains