Compassion Cultivation Training for Physicians and Psychologists

CCT™ is an 8-week program, developed at Stanford University, with insights and techniques from psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative practice. The course integrates evidence-based meditation techniques, interactive discussions, and lectures as well as real-world exercises to put learning into practice. This class will provide a private and safe environment for physicians and psychologists to explore compassion issues.

CCT™ has applications for your own well-being, response to suffering within yourself and others, burnout, your relationship to your work and in clinical applications for treatment of anxiety. The Stanford WellMD/WellPhD Center's Professional Fulfillment Model emphasizes Personal Resilience. Compassion and Self Compassion are two measures of Personal Resilience that the Center tracks as measures of medical staff wellbeing. Compassion Cultivation Training has been also studied in reducing burnout.

Activate your own compassionate nature as a powerful force in your everyday life. CCT™ is taught worldwide and offers practical skills, tools, and knowledge. As a graduate, you establish the habit of relating to yourself, others, and the world around you from a place of greater understanding, joy, and purpose. This CCT class is designed with supplemental materials that focus on the unique education and experience of being a physician or psychologist.

The circle of compassion begins with ourselves

Throughout the course, we help you lean into challenges, build the courage to take compassionate action, manage your emotions, and develop your resilience to prevent empathy fatigue.

• Improve your personal relationships
• Support health, happiness, and well-­­being
• Reduce stress, depression, and anxiety
• Make a positive difference in the world
  

Our course includes:

• Weekly 2 hour class including lecture, discussion, and in-class exercises
• Daily meditation practices
• Real-world assignments for practicing compassionate thoughts and actions

Steps in CCT™ :

Step 1: Settling the mind
Step 2: Compassion and kindness for a loved one
Step 3: Self-directed compassion and kindness
Step 4: Common humanity
Step 5: Cultivating compassion for others
Step 6: Active compassion

Audience

This CCT™ course is specifically designed to support physicians and psychologists  who want to engage compassion for themselves and improve their relationships with others. For this session, registration is limited to physicians and psychologists. We welcome our physicians and psychologists colleagues from other Medical Institutions to join us. This class is virtual via Zoom.

Course Schedule

October 8 - December 3, 2026, for 8 class sessions
Thursdays, from 4:00pm - 6:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)

(No class on November 26 due to holiday.)

Virtual via Zoom

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. ​

Credit Designation 

American Medical Association (AMA) 

Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Psychological Association (APA) 

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs. 

Cost

CCT Attendee with CME: $575.00 (early bird rate)
For Compassion Cultivation attendees who would like to receive CME credit for attendance. Early bird registration rates end on August 31, 2026 and will increase to $625.

CCT Attendee - NO CME: $525.00 (early bird rate)
For Compassion Cultivation attendees who do not wish to claim CME credits. Early bird registration rates end on August 31, 2026 and will increase to $575.

Registration