Watch Tara Brach, Kristin Neff, and Chris Germer discuss Bringing Compassion into Therapy With LIVE Q&A
The Live Call with Tara Brach, Kristin Neff, and Chris Germer will be hosted on Zoom on Saturday, January 30th 2:30pm EST | See Your Timezone. The call recording will be posted here within 24 hours after the initial airing.
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Tara Brach, PhD, Kristin Neff, PhD, and Chris Germer, PhD
Bringing Compassion into Therapy (With Q&A)
About Tara Brach, PhD
Tara Brach, PhD is an internationally renowned meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, and her new book, Radical Compassion. Her popular weekly podcast addressing the power of meditation to relieve emotional suffering and serve spiritual awakening is downloaded 3 million times a month in more than 200 countries. Together with colleague Jack Kornfield, she leads the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, which currently serves participants from around the world.
To learn more about Tara Brach and enjoy free access to hundreds of talks, guided-meditations and other helpful resources, please visit her website.
About Kristin Neff, PhD
Kristin Neff is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion over fifteen years ago. She has co-developed an empirically supported training program called Mindful Self-Compassion, and is author of the books Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals. For information about self-compassion, including a self-compassion text, research articles, guided meditations and practices, visit her website.
About Chris Germer, PhD
Christopher Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and they wrote two books, Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and TTeaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program. Dr. Germer is also the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion; he co-edited two influential volumes on therapy, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy; and he maintains a small psychotherapy practice in Massachusetts, USA.
Hello to all: Sandy from Tasmania, working with Brain injured, counselling/suicide prevention.
Thank you for your time and sharing, blessed to have such wonderful insight though your knowledge of individual works. 🙌🏻
Hello from France,
Glad to follow this summit thank you
I have been so touched by Tara Brach’s Presence, words and beautiful guided meditation.
She really imbodies the qualities of the Tara Buddha.
She is immensly inspiring to me.
Thanks so much
Anne-Marie from Geneva
I’m finding this summit calming, nurturing, exciting, and inspiring! I am a foster care caseworker and a lifelong student of modalities for healing. I’m finding this field of research opening and a whole doorway. Thank you so much for making this available.
Good afternoon
I am Yolanda Tredoux, Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist from Benoni, Johannesburg area in South Africa. Privileged to share in this meaningful time space
Hello from Steamboat Springs CO. I’m a clinical social worker in a hospital setting and in a private practice setting. Thank you for helping me feel a part of a healing community!
Hi, my name is Tatjana Kecman. I am working as a psychotherapist in Toronto, Canada. I am absolutely taken by the beauty of companion and all of you so generasiouly sharing your insights, skills and knowledge.
Thank you Tara, everything you shared I’ve experienced is coming from a deep wisdom, endlessly loving heart and all grounded in common sense.
I am so grateful to my friend who forwarded to me the email with this event.
Thank you very much for such an amazing summit. I am participating from Turkey. I am a clinical psychologist who works with CBT and MBCT. You cannot imagine how this summit nurtures me right now. Thank you, thank you…
Thank you all for sharing your work and wisdom and helping us all towards a future underpinned by compassion 🙏🏿😘❤️😘🌈
HUGs from Antibes, France
Thanks so much for all the work you do and for sharing your wisdom with us in helping us become more compassionate caregivers to ourselves and others.
Hello, I am Suki from South Australia. I am a Counsellor. I very much enjoyed and got a lot out of listening to Tara, very touched by the meditation too. Warmest Regards, Suki
Hello and a very good morning to you all.
My name is Leigh and I am from London, UK
Melissa from Brisbane Australia. Student in Social Science Diploma- first year of Human Services or Counselling
Hello from Jakarta Indonesia. Very glad to attend this session. Thank you very much Tara, Kristin and Chris. Wonderful !!!! Cheers, Pai
Hello from Ireland. Thank you for this wonderful summit. Wonderful. Mary
I am working in Community Mental Health, near Denver CO. This is what we need to talk about more in society. Can we consider approaching our Government so both sides might practice self compassion and working together. Sounds like a dream but is that not what MLK and Ghandi did?
Why Not ……
Elena from Lakehead University in Oillia, ON, Canada. Watching in record. Thank you!
Thank you all so very much.
Thank you Tara ,Christin and Chris ,i am working in Paris now after many years in USA and around the world. I am a Psychosynthesis transpersonal spiritual therapist . I incorporate mindfulness and MSC in my practice .I am also a meditation teacher for groups (MBCT For life) .
Thank you for inspiring me so deeply..Thank you for this amazing Summit to all of you for nurturing my soul and inspiring me in my work .
Thank you so much for sharing this wisdom and all the compassionate work that you do. I was able to be part of the Mindful Self Compassion training with Chris and Kirsten a few years ago in the Netherlands. I now work as a psychotherapist in an NHS specialist Eating disorder service in Central London. I am so grateful for the teachings, that I use to enhance my therapeutic practise and for my own self care
THis was very calming to watch and very informative. Thanks for the compassion shown in that hour
Hello,
My name is Lori English and I am a LIcensed Social worker with a lot of certification in MIndfulness and Self Compassion. Thank YOu to the leaders here.
Thank You,
Excited.
Lori English,MSW, LCADC