Contents:
- Forward – Christopher Germer
- Part l. Self-compassion and adolescence
- 1. Adolescent challenges and the promise of self-compassion
- 2. The inner workings of self-compassion during adolescence
- 3. The landscape of self-compassion training for teens
- Part ll. Building a personal practice for teaching from within
- 4. Teacher qualities
- 5. Deepening your personal practice
- Part lll. Growing your craft as a self-compassion teacher
- 6. The essentials of teaching self-compassion to teens
- 7. The art of inquiry with teens
- 8. Trauma-sensitive teaching
- Part lV. Training teens in self-compassion
- 9. An introduction to mindfulness and self-compassion
- 10. Mindfulness
- 11. The wisdom of loving-kindness
- 12. Stress and the adolescent brain
- 13. Finding our compassionate voice
- 14. Self-compassion versus self-esteem
- 15. What matters most
- 16. The challenge of strong emotions
- 17. A step toward gratitude
- 18. Parenting with presence
- Afterword – Daniel J. Siegel
- References
- Index
Author Bio:
Lorraine Hobbs, MA, is Founding Director of the Youth, Family, and Education Programs at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of California, San Diego. Formerly a family therapist, Ms. Hobbs has combined her clinical experience with her mindfulness and self-compassion expertise to coauthor curricula including Making Friends with Yourself: A Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Teens and Young Adults, an adaptation of the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program for adults. She is codeveloper of the Making Friends with Yourself teacher training program, and provides trainings internationally. Ms. Hobbs is a certified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, MSC, and Compassion Cultivation Training.
Niina Tamura, PhD, is a psychologist at the Psychological Institute of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where she specializes in child and adolescent psychotherapy. She combines mindfulness- and compassion-based approaches with cognitive-behavioral therapy. Before turning to clinical practice, Dr. Tamura was a researcher in developmental psychology at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. She is a trained teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and of Making Friends with Yourself, the MSC adaptation for teens.
