The Essential Self Compassion Workbook for Teens

"""Oh, how I wish I read this book when I was a teenager! Self-compassion is a powerful inner resource that takes the sting out of bad times and helps you become your true self. Fortunately, anyone can learn self-compassion and this delightful book does most of the work for you. Katie Krimer blends important information with simple practices that will help you be kinder to yourself, right here and right now. If you happen to be an imperfect human being, just like everyone else on this planet, I highly recommend this book."" --Christopher Germer, PhD, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, co-developer of the Mindful Self Compassion Program ""The author walks the reader through an inviting and easily held encounter with self-compassion, and with themselves. Adolescence, and our current era, are both challenging and scary times in life. With abundant warmth, brilliance, and ever-present humor, Ms. Krimer provides a series of systematic techniques and a complete program for young people to develop self-compassion. This is an essential book in this area."" --Dennis Tirch, PhD, founder, The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy, NYC ""We all judge ourselves, but one of the most self-critical times in life is adolescence. As a parent of a teen and mental health professional, I'm always looking for practical resources to help my clients and children to improve their ability to be their best and to handle problems and feelings adaptively. This book is full of clear, practical exercises that are also relatable and hip enough for the discerning teenage audience! Learning self-compassion is an essential skill, and this is indeed an essential workbook! I'm a little past my teens, but I feel more self-compassionate after reading it!"" --Jonathan Fader, PhD, founder of Union Square Practice and SportStrata, former psychologist to the Mets and Giants, and author of Life As Sport."