'Go With the Flow': Effects of Mindful Self-Compassion in Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Mindful Self-Compassion has been developed by Neff and Germer as a specific kind of Mindfulness-Based Interventions to promote self-compassion. It combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion, providing a powerful tool for emotional resilience and enhancing the capacity for emotional wellbeing. In this study, a shortened version of the MSC program is used which is applied once a week for 75 minutes throughout the patients' stay in the rehabilitation clinic.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation by Jacobson is a deep relaxation technique that helps relieve muscle tension and is based on the premise that mental calmness is a natural result of physical relaxation. In this study, Progressive Muscle Relaxation is applied once a week for 75 minutes throughout the patients' stay in the rehabilitation clinic.