Christopher is a clinical psychologist in private practice,
specializing in mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion-based
psychotherapy. He is a founding member of the Institute for
Meditation and Psychotherapy and has been a Clinical Instructor
in Psychology at Harvard Medical School for most of the past 27
years. Dr. Germer is the author of The Mindful Path to
Self-Compassion and co-editor of Mindfulness and
Psychotherapy and the forthcoming Compassion and Wisdom in
Psychotherapy. He lectures and leads workshops internationally
on mindfulness and self-compassion.
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