14 Jan 2025 - 18 March 2025
Tuesday Mornings, 10 am – 12.30pm
(no session 18 Feb)

Where: On zoom in a safe and confidential group

Content: 8 weeks of course teaching, guided meditations and small group discussions, an online retreat, link to meditations to use at home

Cost: £295
Subsidised spaces are available, so please ask- we want the course to be accessible to all

About the Course:
There is now a great deal of research to show that if we are self-compassionate we are more emotionally resilient, suffer less from stress, anxiety and depression, maintain healthy habits such as diet and exercise and have more satisfying personal relationships.

Based on the groundbreaking research of Kristin Neff and the clinical expertise of psychotherapist, Christopher Germer, MSC teaches core principles and practices that enable us to respond to difficult moments in our lives with kindness, care and understanding using mindfulness and self compassion.

The course will explore how to:

• stop being so hard on yourself

• handle difficult emotions with greater ease

• motivate yourself with encouragement rather than criticism

• transform difficult relationships, both old and new

• become your own best teacher

• manage caregiver fatigue and more…

This course is led by Diana Thornton and Claire Garthwaite. Both have been teaching and practising mindfulness for a long time and know personally how transformative mindful self-compassion can be. They will guide you in a gentle and light-hearted way.

This 8 week training officially qualifies as one of the pre-requisites for MSC teacher training AND Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) certification.

If you would like to have a chat about the course to find out more before committing, please contact us.

What Previous participants said:

“It’s changing the way I feel about myself and how I treat myself and others”

“thought-provoking and profound”

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"I feel much calmer and stronger."

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"Truly wonderful and nourishing."

 

"The course content and teaching were all excellent. Both Claire and Diana could not be faulted for their teaching  style and how well they worked together to deliver the course. The organisation was faultless and they were both leaders whilst being approachable at all times."

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