Self-Compassion in Mental Health Providers and Relevant Interventions

Yutong Meng

2025

Abstract

Mental health providers are prone to high levels of burnout, emotional exhaustion and trauma from exploration to distress and negative emotions. Self-compassion therefore becomes a key aspect in their self-care. Self-compassion consists of the triad of self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. It has been validated as a mechanism for reducing stress, increasing resilience, and fostering improved emotional self-regulation. Yet, while the self-compassion interventions show great promise, they have only been rarely used in mental healthcare settings. This research article discusses the connection between self-compassion and burnout, accentuating how self-compassion may be a shield for those who work in the mental health fields. The primary section of the paper addresses the various strategies implemented to promote self-compassion and to counteract burnout. It presents the effectiveness of Yoga-Based Stress Management (YBSM) and cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM), as well as the processes of promoting emotional resilience and coping confidence. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Compassion Based Mind Training (CMT) are other interventional techniques that are included for encouraging emotional stability and self-kindness. There are also, however, difficulties in using these methods, as well as an application of these methods to other mental health-related professions. Although there is evidence of the effectiveness of self-compassion in the short term, systematic studies on the durability of those interventions over time are lacking. The future investigations ought to center on customizing self-compassion training for given job roles and including it in workplace policies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Meng Y. (2025). Self-Compassion in Mental Health Providers and Relevant Interventions. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM; ISBN 978-989-758-791-7, SciTePress, pages 206-211. DOI: 10.5220/0014111100004942

in Bibtex Style

@conference{apmm25,
author={Yutong Meng},
title={Self-Compassion in Mental Health Providers and Relevant Interventions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM},
year={2025},
pages={206-211},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014111100004942},
isbn={978-989-758-791-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM
TI - Self-Compassion in Mental Health Providers and Relevant Interventions
SN - 978-989-758-791-7
AU - Meng Y.
PY - 2025
SP - 206
EP - 211
DO - 10.5220/0014111100004942
PB - SciTePress