Marion Orr CCC, CCS
Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)
This is an 8 week program designed to enhance mindfulness skills and cultivate compassionate responses to the challenges we face in life. Participants report increased self-care and health-related behaviours, reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression, improved self-acceptance and emotion tolerance, and life satisfaction. Please note, this is a skill development program, not a therapy group.
Created by Kristin Neff Ph D and Christopher K. Germer PhD, this program has been shown to improve resilience, enhance goal attainment and sport performance, improve health behaviour adherence, and support value-directed living (see here for references). Research also indicates MSC helps reduce burnout, or caregiver fatigue.
Target Audience: Anyone seeking to improve their ability to manage stress and build resilience. Past participatns have included teachers, nurses, graduate students, professors, occupational therapists, counsellors, social workers, parents, and business owners.
Next Course: October 21 - December 16, 2024
Where: In person, Victoria BC
Investment: $395 + GST
How to Register: please fill out the form below, or send an email.
The course includes eight 2-hour sessions once per week, with one 3-hour ("half-day") retreat mid-course.
Tea and snacks provided.
Recommended Readings and Resources:
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff (2015)
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing yourself from destructive thoughts and emotions by Christopher Germer (2009)
More recommendations can be found here.
MSC Registration Form:
Restoring Resilience:
Meditation and Body Practice for calm and strength in difficult times
Our bodies are designed to respond to stress in short duration. The ongoing demands of the pandemic can tax the system if we don’t have the opportunity to rest and recharge. Using meditations, group discussion, and body-based experiencing, this group is about connecting to ourselves and others, and reconnecting to our ability to not just survive, but thrive despite these challenges.
Target Audience: the general public, health care professionals. If you feel overwhelmed and out of your depths, this may be the course for you!
Recommended Readings:
Burnout: The secret to unlocking the stress cycle by Emily & Amelia Nagoski (2019)
My Grandmother's Hands: by Resmaa Menakem (2017)
To request this workshop, or a customized request, please contact Marion.