The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself: Teaching System Involved Youth and Those that Support them Self-Compassion

Brooke Hailey, PhD

Training Description

This training will help participants to understand the multitude of benefits associated with self-compassion, emphasizing its transformative power in various facets of life. Participants will learn how self-compassion fosters emotional resilience by providing a buffer against anxiety and depression which can support system involved youth and families towards improved outcomes. Participants will also learn how self-compassion enables individuals to confront challenging situations with greater ease, offering a supportive inner resource that counteracts feelings of inadequacy or self-criticism. Most importantly they will learn hands-on techniques to cultivate self-compassion which can easily be taught to system involved youth and their families.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Identify and explain three principles of Self-Compassion and how they apply to system-involved youth (SIY).