Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities May 15, 2023 with Mila de Koning

Mondays, May 15, 2023 - June 19, 2023 -- 8:00 am - 9:00 am PT

Self-Compassion Training for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) is a 6-wk adaptation of the evidence based Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program created by Kristin Neff, PhD and Chris Germer, PhD. Research on the SCHC program conducted in 2019 at Dell Children's hospital in Austin, TX revealed significant increases in self-compassion, mindfulness, compassion for others and compassion satisfaction, and decreases in depression, stress, secondary traumatic stress and burnout in healthcare professionals. 

This abbreviated MSC program was specifically designed for the general healthcare public to address the unique time constraints, workplace culture, and stressors of healthcare professionals. 

There has been considerable interest in the release of this program and it’s finally available through CMSC's live online training. 

This course meets on Mondays starting May 15 - June 19, 8:00-9:00 am Pacific Time with Mila de Koning.

Hours: 8:00 - 9:00 AM Pacific Time –  Click here to view the Time Conversion Chart

*This is not a Teacher Training program.

Fees & Continuing Education Credits Course Fees: 

  • The General Registration Fee for this program is $325. 
  • Optional Credits: Continuing Education Credits are available for Nurses, Psychologists and MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs for $30. 
  • CME Credits are available for $50.


Continuing Education

CME Credit: This session is approved for a total of 6 AAFP Prescribed credits. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

Continuing Education Credit: available for  Nurses, Psychologists and MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs. You must attend all sessions live and complete a post course evaluation. 

  • Nurses: UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is  approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number  CEP16351, for 7.0 CE credit.
  • Psychologists: Continuing Education Credit for this  program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San  Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological  Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC  San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this  program and its content. This course offers 6.0 CE credit.
  • California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs:  Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego  Center for Mindfulness. The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is  approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing  education for psychologists. 6.0 CE credit may be applied to your  license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. For  those licensed outside California, please check with your local  licensing board to determine if CE credit is accepted.

If you would like to receive CEs, you will be prompted to add the cost at checkout. To receive CMEs, you will need to purchase them separately from the cost of SCHC registration. 


If you have any issues adding your CE or CME registration, please email [email protected].


Cancellation Policy

For any cancellation request, please contact [email protected]. 

Course registration fees will be refunded or transferred to future dates if cancellation occurs two weeks before the start of class. To process any refund, there will be a $50 fee charged by the system. The refund will only be for tuition fees, and any miscellaneous expenses incurred related to this course will not be refunded.

A 50% refund or the option to transfer to a future SCHC will be offered if canceling one week before the start of class.

No refunds can be offered if canceling one week before the start of class or later (except on compassionate grounds for extenuating circumstances).  For questions regarding the course or the registration process, please contact Maria at [email protected]. 

Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities 6-Week Course

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Meet Your Teacher

Mila de Koning

Certified Teacher - The Netherlands

Mila de Koning has been working for years in general and mental health care. She is a social therapist, nurse and teacher. She has been working as a teacher for healthcare professionals and as a therapist working with people with depression and anxiety. Since 2011 her focus is mainly on mindfulness and self-compassion. She started working for the VU University Medical Centre where one of her main roles was to bring mindfulness and self compassion to healthcare. She now works at the Centrum voor Mindfulness in Amsterdam. She teaches mindfulness and mindful self-compassion courses and is also a teacher trainer for mindfulness and for mindful self-compassion. It still is one of her main goals to bring mindfulness to healthcare so she also gives mindfulness and mindful self-compassion workshop and courses especially for doctors and other healthcare professionals. Mila de Koning is a social therapist, nurse and mindfulness and compassion teacher. She has a long professional experience working in (mental) health care with groups. And she worked as a teacher for healthcare professionals. Since 2011 her focus is mainly on mindfulness and compassion and she started working for the VU University Medical Centre where one of her main roles was to bring mindfulness and self-compassion to healthcare. Currently she works as teacher and teacher trainer at the Centrum voor Mindfulness in Amsterdam. She teaches mindfulness and MSC courses and is also a teacher trainer for mindfulness and for mindful self-compassion. One of her great aspirations is to bring mindfulness to healthcare, especially for doctors and other healthcare professionals. Together with Marga Gooren, MD she wrote the first book on Self-Compassion for Doctors. It has been published in Dutch in February 2020 but will be translated to English soon.

SCHC Course Outline

  1. Personal Information

  2. Welcome!

  3. Week 1: What is Self-Compassion?

  4. Week 2: Practicing Self-Compassion

  5. Week 3: Self-Compassion and Burnout

  6. Week 4: Discovering Your Compassionate Voice

Details

  • 6 Live sessions, one each week
  • Live attendance recommended