MCP has been developed by Jörg Mangold, a German child and adolescent psychiatrist, family therapist, mindfulness teacher and father of four.
In 2017, Jörg adapted and expanded the elements of various proven course formats of evidence-based mindfulness (e.g. MBSR, MSC, MBCT, MBCL, PNT, MP).
The result is Mindfulness Compassionate Parenting (MCP®), a course format that supports parents in meeting the needs of themselves and their children with love and compassion and a cultivation of the positive in the middle of all challenges of everyday family life.
In 2019, the course programme was certified as a stress prevention course in Germany and can be subsidised by the health insurance funds in Germany.
Right now, a randomised and controlled study is carried out by the universities Heidelberg and Kassel in Germany to evaluate the program.