For Organisations
Compassion-based work produces measurable change in individuals and in teams.
Mind Renew brings clinical expertise into organisations through individual therapy for employees and intensive training programs for teams.
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The gap
Most organisations have increased their investment in employee mental health. Engagement scores have not followed.
Burnout rates remain high. The gap between what companies spend and what actually reaches people is well documented and growing. The problem is not investment. It is clinical depth.
Most workplace wellbeing programs address behaviour. They teach techniques, build awareness, and provide access to resources. What they do not address is the internal system that drives behaviour in the first place. Research consistently shows that self-criticism, shame, and unresolved psychological patterns are primary drivers of disengagement, conflict, and burnout at work.
Clinical foundation
Both offers are built on the same clinical methodology.
Compassion-based work is grounded in three evidence-based bodies of research. Each addresses a different layer of how people function at work.
CFT
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Developed by Professor Paul Gilbert at the University of Derby, CFT activates the brain's soothing system and reduces the threat responses that drive self-criticism and defensive behaviour. A meta-analysis of 7,875 participants across 17 countries confirmed measurable reductions in negative mental health outcomes and significant improvements in self-compassion.
IFS
Internal Family Systems
Developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz and listed as an evidence-based practice on the US National Registry since 2015, IFS approaches the mind as a system of protective parts guided by a core Self. When a person operates from Self, eight qualities emerge: calmness, curiosity, clarity, compassion, confidence, creativity, courage, and connectedness.
Self-Compassion Research
Kristin Neff, University of Texas
Research published in the Annual Review of Psychology found that self-compassion is positively associated with mastery goals, personal initiative, and self-efficacy across 60 independent studies. Self-compassionate people maintain high performance standards. They aim high and try hard, but for intrinsic reasons rather than to avoid shame.
What we offer
Two routes into the work. One clinical foundation.
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Therapy access for your organisation
Employees access licensed psychotherapists independently and confidentially. The work addresses the internal patterns that drive behaviour at work: self-criticism, burnout, relational conflict, and difficulty with change. Sessions are conducted online, grounded in Internal Family Systems and Compassion-Focused Therapy. Because the service is independent from the employer, employees engage without fear of professional consequences.
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Group training grounded in clinical methodology
We deliver intensive training programs on psychological wellbeing and equity, diversity and inclusion. Both programs are experiential and compassion-based, drawing on the same clinical methodology as our therapy offer. They are designed for organisations at moments of change, growth, or cultural development. Delivered on-site or virtually, in formats adapted to the organisation's context and timeline.
Track record
Delivering compassion-based training since 2018.
Mind Renew has delivered compassion-based psychological wellbeing training at Hochschule Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences since 2018. The program runs annually through the Erasmus framework and covers psychological wellbeing, mindfulness, gratitude, and compassion-based listening.
A second program on equity, diversity and inclusion launched in 2022. Both are led by Laurentiu Nicolae Costrut, a licensed clinical psychologist with advanced training in Internal Family Systems and Compassion-Focused Therapy.
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We read every enquiry and respond within two working days with a concrete assessment of what we can offer your organisation.
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