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Recently, my colleagues and I were discussing ways to create learning environments that foster inclusion and belonging. During this conversation the question came up: “is the MI Spirit of Compassion, Acceptance, Partners...

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As someone who thinks a lot about using intentional communication to help others, I have often thought about the idea of feedback. When I served as a supervisor, I thought long and hard about how to talk with team member...

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Acceptance

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Motivational Interviewing is how I was first introduced in a deep and meaningful way to the concept of compassion. The helping approach outlined by Miller and Rollnick’s writing on MI seemed like a compassion “how to” ma...

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I recently learned about the idea of being a “compassionate mess” while attending a Mindful Self-Compassion training with Kristin Neff. Neff talked about ways that we can aspire to accept ourselves despite our messiness,...

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Mindfulness has been trending in popular western culture recently. It is promoted as almost a panacea; mindfulness is said to help with everything from pain management to burnout prevention to psychotherapy and self-help...

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I was recently introduced to something called “Inquiry” in my Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) class. Inquiry is a word that the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) community uses to describe a strategy and skill set ai...

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Neuroaffirming therapy (NAT) is not a specific modality of therapy like CBT, DBT, or EMDR. Rather it is a broader term used to describe a way of working with individuals that honors neurodiversity in the therapy session....

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