Mindful Self-Compassion For Professionals Online – 8 weeks + 1/2 day retreat
Marianna Lolas
Clinical Psychologist
MSC teacher
Mindful Self Compassion 8-Week Program.
The weekly sessions and Half-Day Retreat will be Online Only
Date: Thursdays 22 April to 10 June 2027 (6.00-9pm)
Mindfulness Retreat: 22 May 2027. Saturday, 9:00 am -1:00 pm
Creating Self Empowering Choices
Would you like to feel more compassionate and resilient from the inside out?
The Mindful Self-Compassion for Professionals (MSC) is a didactic and experiential 8-week online workshop presenting clinically validated interventions to enhance professional resilience, therapeutic effectiveness, and personal well-being. We learn from inside-out evidence-based strategies for self-care, managing professional stress, preventing emotional depletion, burnout and vicarious trauma, while providing tools to help our clients work through self-criticism, shame, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
What Is Mindful Self-Compassion?
There are 3 main components to self-compassion.
Firstly, Mindfulness, which enables us to realise what is happening in the present moment so that we can accept our experiences with more ease.
Secondly, what Kristen Neff and Christopher Germer coin “Common Humanity”, that we are not alone.
Finally, Kindness, opening our hearts to our suffering so that we can give ourselves what we need. These three components together comprise a state of warm-hearted, connected presence.
Benefits Of Self-Compassion
There is so much research that is constantly expanding that shows Self-Compassion to be very strongly associated with emotional well-being, having less depression, stress and anxiety, being able to maintain healthy habits such as diet and exercise and having more fulfilling personal relationships.
Self-Compassion For The Self
Self-Compassion is for all, even people who feel very uncomfortable with the thought of being good to themselves. It helps us to become braver when we attack ourselves, for example, through self-criticism or avoidance.
It helps us become emotionally strong and resilient. It helps us admit our failings, motivate ourselves and forgive ourselves when we need.
What Does The 8 Week Course Cover?
The 8 weeks + 1/2 day retreat empirically supported course enables participants to:
- Practice self-compassion
- Understand the benefits
- Motivate themselves with kindness rather than criticism
- Better handle difficult emotions
- Change challenging relationships
- Cope with caregiver fatigue
- Learn the ability of savoring and self-appreciation
What Can You Expect?
This online 8 weeks + 1/2 day retreat is the complete empirically-validated Mindful Self-Compassion course developed by Kristin Neff and Chris Germer.
The weekly live sessions (usually 3 hours) blend short talks, guided meditations, experiential exercises, journalling, and group discussions on Zoom.
The focus is on bringing kindness, care and support to ourselves in moments of struggle and pain using evidence-based tools in mindfulness and self-compassion to build resilience, reduce self-criticism, manage difficult emotions, promote positive motivation and improve relationships with daily home practice.
The aim is to learn to soothe ourselves with warmth and understanding, not harsh judgment, and to gain practical strategies to support our mental health and overall well-being.
You will also have the opportunity to attend an Online Half-Day retreat to deepen your self-compassion practices.
The goal is to directly experience and learn practices that evoke mindfulness and self-compassion from the inside out.
The emphasis is on learning mindfulness and self-compassion to build emotional resources that can be used simply and quickly anywhere, which we can also teach our clients for improved therapeutic outcomes.
The weekly session and the half-day retreat will all be online on Zoom.
Sorry, the online sessions will be recorded for supervision purposes only.
- Week 1: Introduction to Mindful Self-Compassion
- Week 2: Practicing Mindfulness
- Week 3: Practicing Kindness
- Week 4: Discovering your Compassionate Voice
- Week 5: Living Deeply
- Week 6: Meeting Difficult Emotions
- Week 7: Exploring Challenging Relationships
- Week 8: Embracing Your Life
- Plus Half Day Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
Who Can Do This MSC Course?
This training welcomes both those new to self-compassion—including students and early career psychologists—as well as experienced professionals who wish to learn from the inside out by applying self-compassion to navigate their own challenges before modelling these skills with clients for enhanced clinical outcomes.
We invite therapists from diverse therapeutic approaches, including CBT, CFT, EMDR, Schema Therapy, and ACT to integrate the mindful self-compassion toolkit into their repertoire.
This online course is designed for health professionals such as psychologists, social workers, counsellors, and medical practitioners who value integrating mindfulness and self-compassion into both their personal and professional lives.
The program is promoted through the Australian Psychological Society (APS) calendar of events.
It is recommended that participants acquire the following book when they register for the MSC for Professionals online:
Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer (2018)
Mindful Self Compassion 8-Week Program. The weekly sessions and Half-Day Retreat will be Online Only
Date: Thursdays 22 April to 10 June 2027.
Mindfulness Retreat: Saturday, 22 May 2027. 9:00 am -1:00 pm,
Venue: Online via ZOOM. A link will be sent via email 3 days prior
Time: Thursdays- 6:00pm -9:00pm.
Cost:
- Early Bird Price –$620.00
- Regular Price- $670.00
- For student, APS members or other discounts, contact us directly
Note: This program meets one of the requirements for attending the Online Teacher Training, “Mindful Self-Compassion,” for adults and “Making Friends with Yourself,” for teenagers/young adults.
Again, you must attend 6 of the 8 weeks.
Discounts are available if you have financial concerns.
For more information or to register
Contact Marianna: kindness@bluewrenpsychology.com.au or register your interest at www.bluewrenpsychology.com.au
