Clinical Psychologist
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)
Teacher Trainer
MSC Teacher Festival 2018
MSC Teacher Training China 2016
Do you struggle to be alone? Do you feel lonely even when in company?
This audio course is designed to help you move through loneliness with great kindness and transform it into portable loving connectedness. Available in English and in German.
Learn about how compassion needs to be fierce to protect ourselves against harm and injustice in this introductory talk by Dr. Christine Brähler. Buy the full audio course Empowering Yourself in The Face of Harm & Injustice.
Do you struggle to stand up for yourself and set boundaries? Awaken your energy of fierce love to respect and protect yourself. In this 10-day audio course you will learn to transform healthy anger into clear seeing and wise action. Here is a sample or listen to the introductory talk.
Mindful Self-Compassion
Bohüslan, Sweden
29 Aug – 3 Sept 2021
Immerse yourself in an MSC Intensive on the West Swedish coast in late summer. Let the rugged beauty and serenity of the sea and hotel with spa support you.
Meditating
Caring for This One
Find your own way to kindness by trying out different meditations. Do you like the breath or do you prefer images or words or the body?
Guided meditation: Feeling Comfortable in Your Skin
Psychotherapy
Clinical Workshops
How to return to my compassionate self when I feel powerless or shamed by a client? How to repair a rupture, set boundaries and yet deepen my compassion? How to safely access compassion within an injured attachment system? Find answers in a chapter or workshop.
Chapter
On PTSD
Braehler, C. & Neff, K. (2020). Ch. 20: Self-Compassion in PTSD. In M.Tull & N. Kimbrel (Eds.) Emotion in PTSD.(pp. 567-591). Elsevier.
Chapter
On Depression
Braehler, C. & Germer, C. (2017). Compassion in Psychotherapy. In Loizzo, Neale & Wolfe (Eds.). Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy: Accelerating Transformation. (pp. 131-145). Routledge.
Chapter
On Psychosis
Braehler, C., Harper, J. & Gilbert, P. (2013). Compassion Focused Group Therapy for Recovery after Psychosis. In C. Steel (Ed.), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Schizophrenia: Evidence Based Interventions and Future Directions (pp. 236-266). Chichester: Wiley.