Day 1

Richard C. Schwartz, PhD: The Essential Role of Compassion in Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Deran Young, LCSW, Capt/USAF (retired): Healing Legacy Burdens: Intergenerational Trauma, IFS, and Self-Compassion

Gabor Maté MD, CM: Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture: A Compassionate Approach

Kelly McGonigal, PhD: The Science of Compassion

Day 2

David Treleaven, PhD: Balancing Trauma Sensitivity: Validating Client Experience While Nurturing Inner Strength

Christopher Germer, PhD: Shame and Trauma: The Transformative Power of Self-Compassion in Healing

Eduardo Duran, PhD: Generational Healing and Soul Wounds: Expanding Beyond Conventional Western Views

Daniel J. Siegel, MD: The Latest Research on Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain

Deborah Lee, PhD: Clinical Applications of Compassion-Focused Therapy for Trauma

Day 3

Kristin Neff, PhD: Self-Compassion for Burnout: Caring for the Caregiver

Raymond Rodriguez, LCSW, Rev.: Embodied Healing: Somatic Approaches to Trauma Recovery

Paul Gilbert, FBPsS, PhD, OBE: An Evolutionary Understanding of Compassion in Therapy

Chris Willard, PsyD: Embracing the Possibility of Post-Traumatic Resilience

Sydney Spears, PhD: Bringing Self-Compassion into Therapy: Trauma Sensitive Strategies

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Bringing Self-Compassion into Therapy: Trauma Sensitive Strategies

with Sydney Spears, PhD

What you'll learn

Explore inclusive, compassionate, and self-compassionate therapy when working with survivors of trauma and oneself as a therapist.
Learn trauma-sensitive self-compassion techniques with a focus on applying culturally-aware methods to support survivors.
Integrate effective trauma-sensitive practices by combining trauma-sensitive approaches with mindful self-compassion in therapy.

About the speakers

Sydney Spears, PhD

Sydney Spears, PhD, (she/her) identifies as a cisgender Black-multiracial woman. She has deep passion for elevating and advancing global social justice, equity, and compassion in the world. Consequently, Sydney has been highly committed to providing and integrating non-oppressive, strengths-based, and trauma-sensitive practices within her private practice and teaching. In the recent past, Sydney has worked as a faculty member for the University of Kansas-School of Social Welfare. Her academic teaching has been centered on cultural diversity, cross-cultural practice, anti-oppression, and racial identity issues. She has also worked with children, adolescents, military veterans, and adults across educational systems and mental health social services. Sydney is currently serving as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB) for the Center of Mindful Self-Compassion, and she is also a certified Mindful-Self Compassion (MSC) teacher. In terms of advancing trauma-sensitive practices, Sydney serves as a member of the leadership team for the Boston area Center for Trauma and Embodiment and facilitates trauma-sensitive sessions as a certified provider. Sydney recently published a very user-friendly and experiential workbook for those who are interested in practicing mindfulness and self compassion. The workbook is called Finding Self-Compassion: A Mindfulness Workbook for Getting to Know and Love Yourself.

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