Increased self-compassion has been associated with resilience and adaptive outcomes in academic settings. In this interactive two-part workshop, participants will explore self-compassion as an inner resource for navigating end of term stressors with kindness and fierceness by drawing from the ying and yang of self-compassion. In the first part of the workshop, we will practice tools to comfort and soothe ourselves when experiencing difficult emotions. In the second part of the workshop, we will apply strategies to facilitate self-motivation, self-protection, and providing ourselves with that we need.
Camila Velez is a licensed psychotherapist at Concordia's Counselling and Psychological Services and Zen Dens. Her role involves providing individual short-term counselling, designing and facilitating psychoeducational workshops, training peer supporters and wellness outreach and promotion.
Camila primarily aims to empower students to cultivate a self-compassionate relationship with themselves, befriend their nervous systems, enhance resilience through a trauma-informed lens, co-construct healthier relationships, and advocate for socially just communities and systems.
Jade-Isis Lefebvre is a registered psychologist, yoga teacher and meditation teacher on the Counselling and Psychological Services and the Zen Dens team. She provides short-term therapy, workshops, prevention and outreach initiatives, trains peer supporters and builds educational wellness content. Her doctoral research focused on self-compassion and her therapeutic work is grounded in an integrative humanistic, third-wave CBT, attachment/trauma and compassionate approaches.
Dr. Lefebvre provides spaces for students to explore their experiences, develop their strengths and creatively connect to their authentic selves. Her works aims to empower students in implementing
Part I: November 29, 2023 from 12:00-1:30pm
Part II: December 6, 2023 from 12:00-1:30pm
