We’re glad you’re here.
We invite you to take a breath.
Notice your posture and the pockets of tension or relaxation in your body. What is present for you? What emotions are beneath the surface, waiting for your attention? What wants to be expressed?
Our Compassionate Inquiry approach supports you in developing an authentic relationship with yourself. We recognise that the primary source of suffering is our disconnection from the deepest parts of ourselves, often caused by childhood and intergenerational trauma. With the right attention, this connection can be restored.
Whether you are a health-care professional, therapist, coach, educator or someone ready to grow, Compassionate Inquiry can help you to recognize that your conflicts, dysfunctions, addictions, anxieties, depression, and relationship patterns came along at a certain point in your life as coping mechanisms that helped you to survive. Once you understand this, you may realise that these adaptations are not who you are.
Who you are is your being, your essence, which is pristine, peaceful, aware and whole. It can never be damaged or broken.
Through the skilled and compassionate use of questions, the CI practitioner holds a mirror to your experience, allowing you to see yourself clearly, perhaps for the first time. The intention is to inquire into each situation and your response to it, so that you can understand the underlying unconscious dynamics and their origin.
Asking the right question at the right time can unlock a lifetime of suppression and open doorways of expression, creativity, joy and freedom. We would love to support you on this journey, to witness your unfolding and to experience what is possible. When each of us does this, the whole world benefits.
Welcome to the Compassionate Inquiry global community.
Dr. Gabor Maté & Sat Dharam Kaur ND
Latest from the Library
Training Programs
Professional Training
Help your clients access deep healing and transformation with this powerful trauma-informed approach.
Led by Gabor Maté, Sat Dharam Kaur and our skilled CI Facilitators
This 1-year training is designed for practising therapists and healthcare professionals. It’s a deep dive into CI, offering over 330 hours of content, engagement and practice, allowing you to heal your own childhood trauma as well as learn skills to support others.
The CI Professional Training is the prerequisite for the 6-month Mentorship Program and certification as a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner. Prepare for at least 8-10 hours a week of engagement.
Short Course
Become familiar with the Compassionate Inquiry approach and expand your skills as a trauma-informed practitioner to take your practice to the next level.
For professionals and members of the public alike, this self-paced course offers a chance to broaden your skill-base while enhancing the compassion, respect and acceptance you experience with yourself and your clients.
Rooted in trauma-informed care principles, it provides the foundational components of the CI therapeutic approach with approximately 25 hours of video content. You can begin at any time.
Suicide Attention Training
Learn to identify and support individuals in crisis.
The Suicide Attention Training is a comprehensive, 25-hour experiential online training program delivered over 10 weekly modules.
Designed for therapists, health professionals and people working in education/medical/personal development professions, it offers an opportunity to develop the specialized skills and knowledge needed to provide compassionate and effective support to people experiencing suicidal ideation.
CIRCLES
Come home to yourself in a space of mutual respect and shared vulnerability.
CI Circles are online support groups open to people over 18 years. Designed to initiate the process of self-inquiry, these 10-week sessions will help you to accept and express your emotions, access the wisdom of your body and integrate your past. Providing invaluable tools for self-regulation and healing, CI Circles will allow you to thrive in the present and open to a life of connection, freedom and joy.
Each Circle is led by a certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner.
CI Practitioners
Choose from one of our highly-skilled professional therapists and start your journey in Compassionate Inquiry today.
Our CI Practitioners can support you in healing mental-emotional and physical symptoms, unresolved trauma, relationship issues and addictions by helping you connect with the deeper parts of you, your body and emotions.
They have completed the 330-hour year-long professional training as well as a 6-month Mentorship Program and a Certification Review. They come from a variety of backgrounds with different levels of previous training and experience.
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