Chris Germer, PhD, a clinical psychologist and part-time lecturer on psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who maintains a small private practice in Arlington, Massachusetts, co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program in 2010 and co-authored two books on MSC, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program with Kristin Neff. MSC has since been taught to over 100,000 people worldwide. Chris lectures and leads workshops around the world on mindfulness and self-compassion and is the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, as well as co-editor of two influential volumes on therapy, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy.