ECB Education
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Start date May 14, 2024
Time 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST
Price 159.00 USD
Register before May 14, 2024
As a psychologist, counselor, social worker or educator, you frequently come into contact with (young) people who set the bar too high for themselves and harshly judge themselves when they fail to meet it. The concept of self-compassion can be helpful for these youths and adults. This webinar helps you integrate self-compassion into your professional practice, not only to support the people you work for, but also to strengthen yourself.
The speakers are leading psychologists who are active both in practice and academia. They share their knowledge and experiences and provide practical tips that you can immediately apply in your work.
We invite you to participate in this three-hour educational and inspiring webinar with speakers from Australia and the United States. Everyone who registers will also have access to the recordings of the webinar for seven days after the live-streamed event.
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After participating in this webinar, attendees will be able to:
Short introduction by the host, Dr. Guido van de Luitgaarden | 5 minutes
Presentation by Dr. James Kirby (Australia): "The essentials of self-compassion interventions" followed by a question and answer session | 55 minutes
Short break | 5 minutes
Presentation by Dr. Chris Andrews and Dr. Ru Ying Cai (Australia): "Helping autistic adults develop self-compassion" followed by a question and answer session | 55 minutes
Short break | 5 minutes
Dr. Karen Bluth (United States): "Self-compassion: Addressing the dire state of mental health in teens" followed by a question and answer session | 55 minutes
Brief concluding remarks and closure | 5 minutes
Dr. James N. Kirby is an Associate Professor, Clinical Psychologist, and Co-Director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group at the University of Queensland. He has broad research interests in the field of compassion, specifically investigating factors that facilitate or hinder compassionate responses. He also explores the clinical effectiveness of compassion-focused interventions, particularly in how they aid in addressing self-criticism and shame underlying many cases of depression and anxiety disorders. James also holds a Visiting Fellowship at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University and is an honorary member of the Compassionate Mind Foundation UK. In 2022, he authored Choose Compassion, and in 2020, he co-edited Making an Impact on Mental Health. He serves as an Associate Editor for two international journals, Mindfulness and Psychology & Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice.
In his presentation, James will discuss what self-compassion is and how it counteracts the self-criticism underlying many fears and depressions. He will then address the ways in which (elements of) self-compassion can be used in daily professional practice to help clients, students, and patients progress.
Chris is an autistic autism researcher from Brisbane, Australia. He is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) and an Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University. Chris completed a doctoral thesis on education through the Autism CRC: the world's first national, cooperative program focused on autism research.
In this presentation, the challenges that adults with autism often face with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, and their struggle to receive necessary help, will be discussed. Chris and Ru will explore how teaching self-compassion can improve their mental health. They will share their research on self-compassion in both autistic and non-autistic individuals and introduce the Aspect Self-compassion Program for Autistic Adults (ASPAA), an online program they designed for adults with autism. Developed with input from autistic adults, the program includes various modules and exercises to build self-compassion.
They tested this program with 39 autistic adults and collected their feedback. Improvements were noted in areas such as self-compassion, emotion regulation, and overall well-being. This feedback was used to refine the program, including adding more videos of autistic adults sharing their experiences with self-compassion.
Chris and Ru will present these findings and demonstrate the ASPAA modules to therapists, caregivers, and education professionals, offering advice on how best to support individuals with autism. This includes being mindful as professionals of each person's unique experiences, such as past trauma or sensory preferences.
Ru is a researcher at Autism Spectrum Australia and La Trobe University, dedicated to exploring factors that support mental health and resilience in autistic individuals and their caregivers. With a strong background in various research methods and statistical analysis, Ru's work focuses on emotion regulation, uncertainty, and mental health in autistic youth and adults. Currently, Ru is investigating how self-compassion in autistic adults relates to their emotional and mental well-being, aiming to develop interventions that enhance mental health through increased self-compassion.
Ru will be co-presenting with Chris Edwards.
Dr. Karen Bluth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, where she researches self-compassion and its impact on the emotional well-being of teenagers. Dr. Bluth is a co-creator of the Mindful Self-Compassion curriculum for teenagers and the author of four books on self-compassion for teens, including “The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are." Her upcoming book, “Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens in Schools: A 16-session Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum” (PESI Publishers), is set to be released in the summer of 2024. Moreover, she is the recipient of the first Mind and Life Foundation award for public communication on contemplative research.
Dr. Bluth has been a mindfulness practitioner, teacher, and educator for over 40 years, with 18 years of classroom teaching experience. She regularly gives lectures, conducts workshops, and teaches classes in self-compassion and mindfulness in educational and community settings. Additionally, she trains teachers internationally in Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens.
Nowadays, young people face unprecedented mental health challenges, and these challenges are visible worldwide. The incidence of depression, anxiety, and suicides among teenagers has skyrocketed in the past decade and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Fortunately, however, we have ways to address this devastating situation.
Self-compassion, defined as a personal resource where one offers oneself support in difficult times, has been shown to be associated with less stress, anxiety, and depression. Moreover, those who report having more self-compassion appear to be buffered against the harmful effects of trauma and emotionally painful life events. In this presentation, Dr. Bluth will articulate the definition of self-compassion, how it manifests in teenagers, and provide an overview of recent research on the protective effect of self-compassion for teenagers. Dr. Bluth will also share various self-compassion practices that are examples of what is taught to teenagers in 'Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens', the program she adapted based on the Mindful Self-Compassion program by Neff and Germer.
Dr. Guido van de Luitgaarden began his career as a social worker. He worked in social welfare and special education. After obtaining his Master's degree, he worked at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences as a senior lecturer and researcher. He was involved in educational development, policy and management teaching, and conducted research. In 2011, Guido obtained his doctorate from the University of Salford (UK) with a thesis on professional judgement and decision-making in child protection work. He also led a Master's program accredited by London Metropolitan University, where he taught the "Education and Supervision of Social Professionals" module. He gave lectures and guest lectures at universities in Izmit, Madrid, Riga, and Oxford.
He has previously conducted research for large welfare organizations and for a management development program within the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice.
Guido is one of the managing directors of ECB-Education
Guido will be the host of this webinar.
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