As mental health providers, we often prioritize our clients’ well-being over our own in a selfless dedication to their welfare. We push ourselves relentlessly, believing that harsh self-criticism is the key to achieving desirable outcomes for our clients.
But it often comes at the cost of neglecting our own emotional and physical health, which potentially leads to burnout and hinders our ability to provide the best care for our clients.
The Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program is designed to teach us to extend the same kindness we offer clients to ourselves during times of stress and failure.
Developed by Christopher K. Germer, Ph.D., and Kristin Neff, Ph.D., the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program is a research-backed program that combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion, providing a powerful tool for building resilience.
It offers clinicians a practical approach to cultivating resilience, enhancing well-being, and elevating their clinical practice through the powerful integration of mindfulness and self-compassion.
Through a series of engaging modules, you will learn to:
- treat yourself with kindness and understanding, especially during difficult times.
- cultivate present-moment awareness, and learn to observe your thoughts and emotions without judgment.
- replace negative self-talk with a more supportive inner voice to foster greater self-acceptance and confidence.
- discover practical tools to manage stress, prevent burnout, and cope with difficult emotions in a healthy way.
- gain valuable skills and techniques to help your clients cultivate self-compassion and emotional well-being.
- and more!
Led by Vira Salzburn, an MSC Trained Teacher with extensive experience guiding and helping professionals on their journey to greater well-being, this program dives deep into the fundamental concepts of mindful self-compassion, explores key elements such as connected loving presence, common humanity, self-kindness, and mindfulness, and teaches structured practices to integrate self-compassion into your daily life, such as meditations, experiential practices, and journaling exercises.
Join Vira Salzburn in this comprehensive program and learn how to harness the transformative power of self-compassion into your practice to counteract the effects of compassion fatigue, prevent burnout, and sustain a fulfilling and effective clinical practice.
Register today and embark on a path toward renewing your sense of purpose, leading a more emotionally balanced life, and enhancing your therapeutic effectiveness.
This is a non-interactive, self-study course.
Instruction consists of 6 hours of video instruction and a post-test.
Participants have 6 months from the time of registration to complete learning content and claim certificate of completion indicating CEs.
Upon completion of this training, professionals will be able to do the following:
- Describe mindful self-compassion and its elements
- Explain the benefits of self-compassion
- Integrate mindfulness and self-compassion into daily life
- Use self-compassion to handle difficult emotions with greater ease
Vira Salzburn, M.S.
Vira Salzburn is the Program Director for Safety and Resilience programs at Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council. She earned a Master of Science degree in Management, Organizational Behavior & Leadership from Troy University and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in Humanities from Auburn University at Montgomery. Vira also holds a graduate certificate in Topics in Human Behavior from Harvard University.
Vira is a Mindful Self-Compassion Trained Teacher, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Master Trainer, and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Instructor. She is a Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® Teacher, and is also trained in the Search Inside Yourself program of Google Leadership Institute, Trauma Informed Coaching, and Compassionate Leadership, the program of the Task Force for Global Health.
Vira is the developer of the community-based upstream suicide prevention approach that uses evidence-based Mindful-Self Compassion programming. She is a public speaker on suicide prevention, resilience, mindfulness, and self-compassion, and has been selected for the 2022 Savannah TEDx.
As a Ukrainian-American, Vira recognizes the importance of overcoming cultural barriers and connecting with others for making a meaningful difference on personal, organizational, and community levels. Since moving to the U.S. in 2007, Vira has had the privilege of volunteering as an interpreter and a liaison between Ukrainian orphaned children and American adoptive families, which has greatly impacted her perception of compassion and servanthood and helped her better understand the true meaning behind the idea of “changing the world one life at a time”.
You can find Vira here.
Credit Hours: This course consists of 6 continuing education hours of credit.
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Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.
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Psychologists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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Other Professionals: This course qualifies for 360 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
This is a non-interactive, self-study course.
To receive your certificate of completion you must complete the course in its entirety.
To complete an Online Self Study Course, one must register, log in, select the My Courses option from the menu items, click the Course Title, complete all of the modules, complete and pass the post-test(s), and complete the course evaluation.
A grade of at least 80% or more is required to pass the post-test. Retaking the post-test is possible until the participant is able to pass the test.
Psychologists and other professionals seeking CE credit through our approval with the American Psychological Association are asked but not required to complete the course evaluation before obtaining their certificate of completion, however passing a post-test for online self-study courses, and submitting one's attendance for live on-site and live webinars is required.
You can download or print your certificate of completion by logging into your account, navigating to the course by selecting the My Courses option from the menu items, clicking the Course Title, scrolling to the Certificate of Completion section, and clicking on the Certificate of Completion link to either download it or print it.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of completion to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. The courses may include required reading.
This course was recorded 3/2/23 & 3/9/23
