Chris Germer

Chris Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and they wrote two books, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook (2018) and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program (2019). MSC has been taught to over 250,000 people worldwide. Dr. Germer is also the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion (2009); he co-edited two influential volumes on therapy, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy (2005) and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy (2012); and he maintains a small psychotherapy practice in Massachusetts, USA. Click here to learn more about Chris Germer.