Mindful Self-Compassion: 8 Week Course
With Amanda Votto and Emily Williams
April 12 - June 7, 2021
IDEAL FOR: All levels including beginners
Approved for 16 Continuing Education Credits from the NASW-CT
Mindful self-compassion is a practice that directly cultivates goodwill toward ourselves, especially when facing challenges. This course combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion to promote healing and well-being. While mindfulness teaches how to turn toward our challenges (whether physical, emotional or mental), self-compassion allows us to respond to these challenges with kindness and understanding. This course teaches how to befriend ourselves rather than judge, how to soothe ourselves in times of difficulty and how to to maintain a sense of well-being despite our challenges.
This is the standard 8-week course Mindful Self Compassion course developed by Kristin Neff, Ph.D. and Chris Germer, Ph.D., both world-leading experts in self-compassion.
Studies have reported benefits of self-compassion practices, which include less depression, anxiety, and stress, improved coping skills, and greater social connectedness, optimism, and happiness.
In this 8-week course you will learn how to:
- Handle challenging emotions with greater ease.
- Quiet the inner critic.
- Befriend yourself.
- Relate to suffering from kindness.
- Transform difficult relationships.
Class Format will include lecture, discussion, guided meditation, written reflection, and small group sharing.
Class Dates: Mondays: April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, June 7
Half-day retreat: Sunday, May 16, 2021, from 1-5pm.
Class Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Tuition is $475
About the Leaders
Amanda Votto
Amanda is a mindfulness teacher trained at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center for Mindfulness. She has extensive experience with mindful meditation, including leading a weekly meditation group, mindful parenting courses, and her own blog, www.divinewithin.me. Amanda is a practicing physician assistant in cardiology and her particular areas of interest include mindful parenting, education and mindfulness in the […]
Learn more about Amanda VottoEmily Williams
Emily Williams, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Connecticut. She has over 17 years of extensive experience working with youth and families in various settings including in-home therapy, emergency mobile psychiatric services, child protective services and foster care. Emily is currently employed as an elementary school social worker where she […]
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