Mindfulness and Self-Compassion With Caregivers Working With Delinquent Youth

The adapted form of the MSC is a 12-session structured program, delivered on a weekly basis in group. It intends to cultivate a compassionate-self as well as increase the awareness of personal patterns of functioning and learning to respond to them in a kind and courageous way. Each session lasts about 2 hours. Each session has the following structure: Grounding exercise; sharing individual insights about the weekly practice; Reviewing the previous session and link for the session theme; coffee break; soft landing exercise; Formal/Informal practice(s); Session summary and challenges to be applied during the week; Session evaluation and take-off. Each participant receives a manual with the contents shared in each session as well as some space for individual reflections. On the day after each session, a summary email is sent to the participants, resuming the contents and with records of the (in)formal practices delivered. All the sessions will be delivered in a space on each YDC.