Working with trauma - Mindfulness and compassion

Target audience and instructional level of this voice: intermediate

Mindfulness and compassion sound like good qualities for the therapist to bring to treatment of people who have suffered trauma. This course begins by looking at current common therapeutic approaches to trauma. Next, the author outlines specific ways that therapist mindfulness and compassion can and might benefit survivors of trauma. The course concludes with a variety of ways that the therapist can increase mindfulness and compassion in order to better help clients with trauma.

Learning Objectives

After completing this training the professional will:

• Identify common approaches to trauma.
• Describe ways that therapist mindfulness and compassion can and might benefit survivors of trauma.
• Describe ways that therapist mindfulness and compassion can and might benefit survivors of trauma.

John Briere
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C.K. Germer & R.D. Siegel

Christopher Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Arlington, Massachusetts, specializing in mindfulness and compassion-based psychotherapy.
Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology, part time at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 30 years. He is a long-time student of mindfulness meditation and serves on the board of directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy.

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