1. Overcoming barriers to body acceptance and health behaviour change through mindfulness and self-compassion.

Presenter: Dr. Céline Koryzma 

Following this interactive workshop session, participants will be able to:

Employ a mindfulness exercise to encourage self-awareness and work with challenging emotions. 

Understand the role that self-compassion plays in encouraging behaviour change

About Céline Koryzma, PhD, Registered Psychologist

Dr. Koryzma is a clinical health psychologist in the Endocrinology and Metabolism Program within Alberta Health Services in Calgary, AB. She works with an interdisciplinary team to help patients with chronic health conditions make sustainable health behaviour changes. Dr. Koryzma’s background includes advanced training in interpersonal and health psychology. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Victoria in 2013 and completed a portion of her residency training with the Calgary Adult Bariatric Surgery Clinic. She was previously employed as medical psychologist for the Pediatric Centre for Weight and Health at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Dr. Koryzma is also a Clinical Lecturer for the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary where she teaches about communication skills and mental health treatment in primary care. Her clinical interests include the psychosocial determinants of diabetes and cardiometabolic risk and the role of motivational and relationship-centered interventions in behaviour change.