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November 9th, Mondays at 8am- 3pm PT | SCHC FT with Lisa Baylis and Mila de Koning

November 9th, Mondays at 8am- 3pm PT | SCHC FT with Lisa Baylis and Mila de Koning

Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities Facilitator Training with Lisa Baylis and Mila de Koning

November 9 - November 30, 2026

This course will meet for 4 weeks, Mondays from 8:00am - 3:00pm PT). Click here to view a Time Conversion Chart.

Please ensure you meet our prerequisites (see below) prior to purchase; any questions on enrollment requirements or CEs please email us at professionaltraining@centerformsc.org.

Course Description: 

Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities Facilitator Training (SCHC FT) is a 24-hour experiential training delivered across four full online days. Through a combination of didactic teaching, experiential practices, and small and large group exercises, participants will develop the foundational knowledge and skills needed to facilitate the SCHC curriculum in healthcare settings.

The training introduces the theory, practices, and research of self-compassion to prepare participants to deliver the 6-hour Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) Training, a trauma-informed, mindfulness- and self-compassion-based intervention designed specifically for healthcare professionals.

Meet Your Teachers

Lisa Baylis and Mila de Koning are both Certified Teachers of Mindful Self-Compassion and highly experienced in teaching both online and in-person.

Lisa has been sharing well-being strategies for the last 20 years. A natural-born connector with an innate ability to make people feel valued and heard, she is a teacher, a counsellor, a speaker, and a mother. Lisa is a published author of Self-Compassion for Educators as well as, the creator of the AWE Method — Awakening the Wellbeing for Educators — which merges self-care, mindfulness, and self-compassion.

Lisa has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education. She has taught internationally and locally. Much of her vast teaching experience was gained in classrooms across British Columbia as a school counsellor. Currently, she is the Education Director for the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, the non-profit organization created by Drs. Kristin Neff and Chris Germer to spread self-compassion around the world.

 

Mila is a social therapist, nurse, and certified mindfulness and self-compassion teacher with extensive experience in general and mental healthcare. Since 2011, she has focused on bringing mindfulness and self-compassion into healthcare settings, beginning with her work at the VU University Medical Centre.

Currently, Mila serves as a teacher and teacher trainer at the Centrum voor Mindfulness in Amsterdam, where she teaches mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) courses and trains future mindfulness and MSC teachers. She is especially passionate about supporting doctors and other healthcare professionals through mindfulness and self-compassion education. Mila is also the co-author, with Marga Gooren, MD, of the first Dutch book on self-compassion for doctors, published in 2020.

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Upon completion of the SCHC Facilitator Training, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the core principles and theoretical foundations of self-compassion and their relevance to healthcare professional well-being.
  2. Differentiate empathy from compassion and explain strategies for reducing empathic distress and caregiver fatigue.
  3. Demonstrate and facilitate evidence-informed self-compassion practices appropriate for healthcare environments.
  4. Explain how self-compassion supports emotional regulation, resilience, burnout prevention, and alignment with personal and professional values.
  5. Facilitate SCHC curriculum content using trauma-sensitive, culturally responsive, and psychologically safe teaching practices.
  6. Demonstrate inquiry and group facilitation skills that foster reflection, common humanity, and experiential learning.
  7. Adapt language, pacing, and delivery of SCHC practices to meet the needs of diverse healthcare audiences.
  8. Recognize and respond appropriately to participant activation, resistance, and emotional challenges using MSC-informed approaches.
  9. Apply ethical guidelines and professional boundaries when teaching self-compassion within healthcare and workplace settings.
  10. Evaluate personal facilitation strengths and areas for growth through self-reflection, peer feedback, and ongoing professional development.

Additional Information

  • When to take the Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities FT

    The SCHC FT is a new Professional Training course. This training was designed to support healthcare professionals who would like to teach the 6-week Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities Course. It is required that you meet all prerequisites and recommended that you have taken the SCHC Course or workshop.

    Your Commitment:

    Please plan to attend all sessions. For successful completion of the SCHC FT, attendance at all 4 sessions is required. In the case of an unplanned issue, you will need to address it with your Training Facilitators for negotiation.

  • Prerequisites

    1. Minimum two years’ experience in healthcare as a licensed clinician, health educator, or health care resident and/or learner
    2. Experience teaching or facilitating programs for healthcare/caregiving professionals
    3. Completion of a foundational MSC course (any of the following): Live Online MSC (LOMSC, 10-week), 8-week MSC program, or 5-day MSC intensive
    4. At least two years of a consistent personal mindfulness, self-compassion, or contemplative practice

    Recommended:

    • Previous participation in the SCHC 6-week course
    • Prior attendance at a 5–7 day mindfulness or compassion retreat

FAQs & Important Information

Continuing Education Credit Information

Fees for CE ($75 USD)

(Purchase Staff Type/Registration + Continuing Education)by the dropdown box, below the course title, above the add to cart button.

For those licensed outside California, please check with your local licensing board to determine if CE credit is accepted.

Feel free to email professionaltraining@centerformsc.org for any follow up CEU/CME questions.

CEU’s: IMPORTANT NOTE: You must attend all classes live and complete a post course evaluation to receive CE credits.

  • Nurses, Psychologists and MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs:
    - Nurses: UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is  approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16351, for 21.0 CE credit
    - Psychologists: Continuing Education Credit for this  program is provided by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. The UC San  Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the American Psychological  Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The UC  San Diego Center for Mindfulness maintains responsibility for this  program and its content. This course offers 17.5 CE credit.
    - California licensed MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs:  Continuing Education Credit for this program is provided by UC San Diego  Center for Mindfulness. 17.5 CE credit may be applied to your  license renewal through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. For  those licensed outside California, please check with your local  licensing board to determine if CE credit is accepted.

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