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Mindful Self-Compassion as a Support to Neuroregulation during BrainspottingJean Leonard, Ph.D. – July 23, 2021
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Mindful Self-Compassion as a Support to Neuroregulation during BrainspottingJean Leonard, Ph.D.
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Mindful Self-Compassion as a Support to Neuroregulation during BrainspottingJean Leonard, Ph.D.
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• Definition (Neff, 2003)1. Mindfulness
Mindful Self-Compassion
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• Definition (Neff, 2003)1. Mindfulness2. Common humanity
Mindful Self-Compassion
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• Definition (Neff, 2003)1. Mindfulness2. Common humanity3. Kindness
Mindful Self-Compassion
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• Experiential: 1. The Soothing Gesture Practice2. The Self-Compassion Break
Mindful Self-Compassion
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• Frontloading – to help set the frame
Integrating Mindful Self-Compassion into Sessions:
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• Frontloading – to help set the frame• Backloading – to help clients integrate
Integrating Mindful Self-Compassion into Sessions:
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“Using the same words as the client reinforces attunement.”
-Mario Salvador
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• Dual attunement frameoRelational attunement – “Loving Connected
Presence” (Michelle Becker, LCSW)oNeurobiological attunement
• Parts work
Theory & Practice: Brainspotting & MSC
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• The soothing gesture supports clients in staying in the subcortex.
• And is in alignment with the uncertainty principle, helping us stay in the tail of the comet.
Theory & Practice: Brainspotting & MSC
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“The kind, compassionate presence of the therapist without any agenda sows and supports a frame in which the patient can see himself with the same compassion and kindness and become friends with his own experience.”
-Mario Salvador
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• The soothing gesture offers a form of self-resourcing that supports clients in choosing or staying on an activation brainspot/eye position.
Theory & Practice: Brainspotting & MSC
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• Mindful self compassion and the soothing gesture is a way of managing limbic countertransference.
Theory & Practice: Brainspotting & MSC
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• As part of the set-up for brainspotting• To be utilized during sessions• As a support between sessions to support integration
and to regulate in difficult moments.• Contraindications/Challenges
Teaching Mindful Self-Compassion to Clients
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“Transformation is not just an abstract or idealistic promise; it is an actual physical possibility…We are neurologically transformed by whatever we practice.”
-Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart
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• MSC resources:ohttps://centerformsc.org/ohttps://self-compassion.org/o jeanleonardphd.com/bsp2021
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