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Compassionate Mind Training for PhDs

Tame your inner critic and find a healthy balance

Are you struggling with a harsh inner critic or unhealthy perfectionism? This can cause a lot of stress and can reduce your pleasure in work or productivity. In this training you’ll become more aware of your stress triggers. You’ll work on slowing down, tame your inner critic and cultivate a compassionate mindset. All this will help you to find a healthy balance and enjoy your work. Also there will be room for sharing and supporting each other.

Course description

We will use techniques from Compassion Mind Training to help you balance your mind, body and actions. This approach combines evidence-based and research-based Western therapy techniques such as CBT, Mindfulness and recent research on human development and brain studies. 

There will also be room for sharing and supporting each other. 

Course dates Autumn 2022

Mondays 16:00 - 18:00
Online

24 October, 7 November, 21 November, 5 December, 19 December

Please sign up for the waiting list if the course is fully booked. We will contact you if a place opens up. Thanks

Waiting list

Lecturers

Daisy Alsemgeest, psychologist and trainer at UvA Student Services

Sachlan Apil, psychologist and trainer at UvA Student Services