Self-Compassion: Making Friends with Your Self

The joy and good humour of self-compassion stand in contrast with the harshness of self-hate. This program explores both ends of this polarity. It will benefit anyone who has tried to be the person they 'should' be and, in the process, lost touch with the person within. The program offers an expansion and exploration of the Haven Selves Model that is presented in Come Alive. However, you do not have to have done Come Alive to learn from this program.

This program is for you if you:

• Recognize self-harming patterns in your health or relationships
• Have found outward success but inner emptiness
• Experience destructive addictive tendencies
• Experience self-hate
• Care for others, but not yourself
• Want to become your own best friend

Format: Using music, guided imagery, gestalt, art, stories and other experiential forms, you will have an opportunity to learn about the paths that lead you away from yourself, and explore paths that can direct you towards self-acceptance. There will be opportunities to explore blame and victimhood, patterns of striving that lead to self-hate, and a variety of ways we can move toward self-compassion.

Continuing Education Credits: Approved for Continuing Education Credit hours by the Canadian Counselling Association (www.ccacc.ca)

Read more about Self-compassion on the Shen Blog

Faculty: Wayne Dodge, Gwen Ewan

2012 Dates:

Tuition: $580.00 (Accommodation and meals extra.)

Early Bird Tuition: $520.00 if you register and pay in full at least two weeks in advance.

Accommodation and Meals
The Haven offers a range of comfortable rooms and suites. All accommodation is designed to be shared by two or more people, though private rates are available. We make every effort to meet the needs of all our guests, but cannot guarantee specific rooms. Rates include three buffet-style meals per day.

There are three types of room: Basic, Forest view, and Ocean view.
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