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Day 1: Compassion in Therapy
Tara Brach, PhD, Kristin Neff, PhD and Christopher Germer, PhD: Opening Keynote: Fresh Insights and Practices to Support You in Bringing Compassion Into Therapy
Richard J. Davidson, PhD: The Neuroscience of Compassion
Christopher Germer, PhD: Day 1 Practice: The Self-Compassion Break
Day 2: The Compassionate Therapist
Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP and Pamela Ayo Yetunde, JD, ThD: Live Keynote: The Quaking of America: An Embodied Approach to Navigating Our Nation’s Upheaval and Racial Reckoning
Gaylon Ferguson, PhD: The Practice of “Sending and Taking”
Kristin Neff, PhD: Day 2 Practice: A ‘Fierce Self-Compassion’ Break
Galia Tyano Ronen: Day 2: Practice Through Poetry: Connecting to Nature
Day 3: Compassion in the Therapeutic Relationship
Russell Razzaque, MD: “Open Dialogue”: A Compassion-based Holistic Approach to Working with Mental Health Crises
Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD: Mindfulness as a Support for Healing, Compassion, and Social Justice
Dennis Tirch, PhD and Laura Silberstein-Tirch, Psy.D: Integrating Compassion into Your Current Evidenced-Based Therapy Practice
Christopher Germer, PhD: Day 3 Practice: Loving Kindness for a Loved One
Galia Tyano Ronen: Day 3: Practice Through Poetry: Deep Listening
Day 4: Clinical Applications of Compassion
Rick Hanson, PhD: Learning to Learn from Positive Experiences: Helping Clients Get the Most out of Therapy
Norma Day-Vines, PhD: Strategies for Broaching Issues of Race, Ethnicity and Culture
Les Greenberg, PhD: Changing Emotion with Emotion: A Transtheoretical and Transdiagnostic Approach to Psychological Healing
Lorraine Hobbs, MA and Lisa Shetler: Mindful Self-Compassion with Teens in Psychotherapy
Kristin Neff, PhD: Day 4 Practice: Soles of the Feet
Galia Tyano Ronen: Day 4: Practice Through Poetry: Love and Acceptance
Day 5: More Clinical Applications of Compassion
Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Licia Sky and Christopher Germer, PhD: Live Keynote: New Embodied Approaches to Healing Trauma
Paul Gilbert, FBPsS, PhD, OBE: Working with Fears, Blocks, and Resistance to Compassion in Clients
Ron Siegel, PsyD: Mindfulness and Compassion in the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety
Sue Johnson, PhD: The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Dr. g (Claudelle R. Glasgow), PsyD: The Shaman Therapist: A Fresh Perspective on Psychotherapy and Healing
Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD: Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Compassion in Addiction Treatment
Christopher Germer, PhD: Day 5 Practice: Chris Germer – The Compassionate U-Turn
Netanel Goldberg and Galia Tyano Ronen: A Musical Journey to Cultivate Inner and Outer Compassion
Post-Event
Kristin Neff, PhD: Tender and Fierce: Self-Compassion in Therapy
Eduardo Duran, PhD: Bringing Indigenous Wisdom into Psychotherapy
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