Susan Fairchild, MA, LMHC, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Boston, MA. Susie is also on the faculty and board for the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. She is a certified Mindful Self-Compassion teacher, a Consultation Group Leader for the Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy Program and a graduate of the Certificate Program in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. In addition to teaching MSC at CMC, she teaches MSC Core Skills and an intensive 5-day version of the MSC curriculum at Kripalu Center for Yoga in Lenox, MA. She is a long-time meditator and practices in the Insight tradition.
Featured News: CMC was awarded a research grant titled “Neural and physiologic effects of self-compassion on chronic pain” from the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. This grant provides seed funding for a pilot neuroimaging study examining self-compassion training for people experiencing chronic lower back pain.
