Miss Elaine Beaumont E.A.Beaumont@salford.ac.uk
Lecturer
Heightening levels of compassion towards self and others through use of compassionate mind training
Beaumont, EA; Hollins Martin, CJ
Authors
CJ Hollins Martin
Abstract
Background: Continued absence of strategies that promote self-care puts midwives at risk of experiencing symptoms of stress, empathic distress fatigue, burnout, and compassion fatigue, which can all impact on the performance of midwives and the level of compassion they show to others. Objective: The objective of this paper is to outline a possible education strategy for student midwives that has the potential to impact upon the level of compassion that the individual can show both to themselves and others in times of suffering. Suggested Approach: Compassionate Mind Training (CMT) has been found to be beneficial in clinical populations with individuals who report symptoms of primary trauma, low levels of self-compassion, and who are self-critical. Student midwives bear witness to the traumas of others, which makes considering an intervention to help student midwives who may experience symptoms of secondary trauma, self-criticism, or low levels of self-compassion whilst in training important. Conclusion: Incorporating CMT into undergraduate midwifery degree programmes may help student midwives become sensitive to their own suffering, and could potentially help them cope with emotional demands, placement anxieties and organisational pressures.
Citation
Beaumont, E., & Hollins Martin, C. (2016). Heightening levels of compassion towards self and others through use of compassionate mind training. British Journal of Midwifery, 24(11), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.11.777
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Sep 30, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 4, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 4, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Oct 4, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 4, 2016 |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
Print ISSN | 0969-4900 |
Electronic ISSN | 2052-4307 |
Publisher | MA Healthcare |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 11 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.11.777 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.11.777 |
Related Public URLs | http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjom/current |
Files
BJM%20Amended%20Midwifery%20education%20paper%202[1].pdf
(738 Kb)
PDF
You might also like
Compassionate Mind Training
(2023)
Book Chapter
Preparing ourselves for starting and continuing client work
(2023)
Book Chapter
A randomized controlled study of a French compassionate mind training
(2022)
Journal Article
Exploring the impact of a compassion-focused therapy training course on healthcare educators
(2021)
Journal Article
Downloadable Citations
About USIR
Administrator e-mail: library-research@salford.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search