The Compassion Cultivation Training © (CCT) is an 8-week program that was developed at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). It was created by his Holiness the Dalai Lama's main English translator, Dr. Thupten Jinpa, along with a team of contemplative scholars, clinical psychologists, and researchers. This evidence-based curriculum involves training the mind and heart through exercises and meditation practices that tap into our innate capacity for kindness, empathy, love, and compassion.
CCT strengthens skills in relating to ourselves and to others with compassion. It develops our ability to choose thoughts, attitudes and perspectives that lead to positive changes in the way we respond to suffering in ourselves and in others. A growing body of research supports evidence that compassion training has a wide range of benefits such as helping to decrease symptoms of stress, protecting against burnout, and enhancing our overall well-being & resilience .
The Training Includes
Who Can Benefit from CCT
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Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
14 CE's available
At the end of the CCT program you will be able to
CCT strengthens skills in relating to ourselves and to others with compassion. It develops our ability to choose thoughts, attitudes and perspectives that lead to positive changes in the way we respond to suffering in ourselves and in others. A growing body of research supports evidence that compassion training has a wide range of benefits such as helping to decrease symptoms of stress, protecting against burnout, and enhancing our overall well-being & resilience .
The Training Includes
- 2 hours per week of meditation instruction & practice, lectures, skill-building exercises and group discussions
- Access to audio tracks to support home-based meditation practice
- Suggestions for "on the go" compassion in action exercises to help integrate class material in daily life
Who Can Benefit from CCT
- Mental health and healthcare professionals
- Caregivers
- Activists
- Educators
- Anyone interested in developing more compassion for themselves and others
- Meditation practitioners who want to refresh, expand or deepen their practice
Read more on Why Practice Compassion?
Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals
14 CE's available
- CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Resource Center (SCRC) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Resource Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Spiritual Competency Resource Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
- LCSWs, MFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
- SCRC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California.
- For questions about certificate of attendance, contact Sylvia Dolce at [email protected] or call 650-223-4087. For questions about CE, visit www.spiritualcompetency.com or contact David Lukoff, PhD at [email protected] .
At the end of the CCT program you will be able to
- Describe the basics of mindfulness meditation technique
- Apply mindfulness skills in clinical practice to stay present to yourself and others
- Understand how mindfulness supports compassion cultivation
- List benefits of compassion cultivation
- Understand the difference between empathy, compassion and loving-kindness
- Utilize compassion-based skills for emotion regulation in face of distress
- Recognize obstacles to self-compassion
- Engage 3 components of self-compassion
- Understand the difference between self-esteem and self-compassion and how this distinction matters
- List 3 research findings that supports the evidence for the benefits of practicing compassion
- Describe 3 sources of resistance to compassion for others
- List actions and behaviors that help overcome barriers to compassion for people we find difficult
- Utilize broadening compassion meditation to expand one's circle of compassion
- Utilize active compassion to strengthen courage and to appease fears of compassion
Facilitator
Sylvia Dolce is a certified CCT Instructor from the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University. Founder of Integrative Self Care, she directed Stanford Medical Center’s Art for Health Program and has been a meditation practitioner for 35 years.
For information on dates for the next CCT, please call Sylvia Dolce at 650-223-4087 or, e-mail [email protected]
Sylvia Dolce is a certified CCT Instructor from the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University. Founder of Integrative Self Care, she directed Stanford Medical Center’s Art for Health Program and has been a meditation practitioner for 35 years.
For information on dates for the next CCT, please call Sylvia Dolce at 650-223-4087 or, e-mail [email protected]