MONDAYS :4:00-5:30pm, January 18 - March 7, 2016

· Instructor:   Kate Murphy & Karen Bluth

· Location: Center for Rehabilitation Care of Chapel Hill, 1807 North Fordham Blvd (on 15/501 in the former Borders building)

                    Chapel Hill, NC 27514

· Required Orientation: THURSDAY, January 14, 6:30pm-7:30pm, CRC

Making Friends with Yourself:   A Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Middle School Teens

UNC now offers a mindful self-compassion class for adolescents, ages 11-17. Mindful Self-Compassion brings together the benefits of mindfulness and self-compassion:  Mindfulness teaches us to be present with difficult emotions, and self-compassion helps us to respond to these emotions with greater kindness and self-care.  Through developmentally appropriate activities and meditations, teens learn specific tools which help them navigate the emotional ups and downs of this life stage with greater ease.  A preliminary research study on this program has demonstrated significant decreases in depression, anxiety, perceived stress and negative mood from before to after taking this course.

• 8 weekly classes of 1-1/2 hours each
• There is also a research component to the class.  If your teen participates in the research they will receive a $25 Amazon gift card upon completion of the first survey, another  $25 Amazon gift card upon completion of the 2^nd survey and the focus group, and a third $25 Amazon gift card upon completion of the follow-up  survey. Consent forms for the research will be presented at the orientation on September 28th.  They need to be signed by the teen and the parent by September 28th to do the research. (NOTE: Teens who have already participated in the research component and are repeating the class are NOT eligible for research.) 

Payment

Both Check and Credit Card will be accepted.

Checks can be made out to: PMR/Medical Fund, & on Memo line, write “Mindfulness”

 Questions?

 mindfulness@med.unc.edu

  919.966.8586.