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There is growing interest in compassion within the context of counseling, given its potential to support the well-being of both clients and counselors. For counselors, compassion may improve self-care and protect against various empathy-related stressors, such as empathic distress. Compassion is commonly taught and studied according to a division of self-compassion or other-oriented compassion (also, other-compassion). However, it has long been recognized that the lived experience of compassion is not so neatly divided. The Buddhist traditions that have informed compassion science emphasize the interconnectedness of self and others, such that the lived experience of compassion can occur in more combined and holistic forms that orient toward suffering in both oneself and others. This may be especially important for understanding compassion in counseling, where the clinical utility of empathy for suffering …