Kristin Neff

Kristin Neff, PhD , is an Associate Professor in Human Development at the University of Texas and has been researching and studying self-compassion for the past decade. She published the first journal article that explicitly defined and examined self-compassion. She also created the Self-Compassion Scale, which has been translated into over a dozen languages and is currently being used by hundreds of researchers worldwide. She gives lectures on self-compassion worldwide and conducts workshops...See more

Kristin Neff, PhD , is an Associate Professor in Human Development at the University of Texas and has been researching and studying self-compassion for the past decade. She published the first journal article that explicitly defined and examined self-compassion. She also created the Self-Compassion Scale, which has been translated into over a dozen languages and is currently being used by hundreds of researchers worldwide. She gives lectures on self-compassion worldwide and conducts workshops for those who want to learn more about developing self-compassion, and she is the author of the book Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind. See less