MSC-T Teacher Refresher Course · Marina Barnes Coaching

The Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens (MSC-T) Teacher Refresher Course will give you access to the updated tools you need to offer the current MSC-T curriculum. This includes the tools you will need to offer both the 8-session and 16-session programs, updated inquiry methods, “drop-in” 15-minute sessions, email templates, and more.

Date: July 27, 2026
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am PDT
Location: Zoom

Hosted By

Marina Barnes

Marina Barnes has been working with high school students for over a decade — helping them manage their stress with mindfulness and self-compassion practices. She offers online MSC-T classes and is currently on the journey of becoming a certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner.

Dr. Karen Bluth

Dr. Karen Bluth is the co-creator of the Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens program (formerly Making Friends with Yourself). She trains teachers in MSC-T internationally, is a researcher on self-compassion, and retired faculty at the University of North Carolina. She is the author of The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens and The Self-Compassionate Teen (New Harbinger), co-author of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD (New Harbinger), the Audible Original “Self-Compassion for Teen Girls”, and Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens in Schools (PESI).

Lea Christo

Lea Christo is a clinical social worker and university faculty member who teaches mindfulness and compassion practices to students, educators, and clinicians invested in their own well-being and the people they work with professionally.

For cancellations made by midnight of June 25, 2026, a refund of the course (minus a $10.00 processing fee) will be issued. No refunds will be offered after midnight of June 25, 2026 with the exception of an emergency.