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The purpose of this research is the effectiveness of self-compassion group training on the anxiety and anger of parents of autistic children in Ardabil city. The current research is practical in terms of its purpose. The research method is semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research is all parents of autistic children in Ardabil city in 1401. Available sampling method, 60 people were included in the study from among the qualified volunteers and they were randomly replaced in two groups of 30 people (self-compassion training and control). In order to carry out the research, referring to the welfare center and selecting the sample size with written consent and assigning them to the experimental and control groups, the research questionnaires were implemented as a group on the people present in the research. Self-compassion training was done on the intervention test groups, while the control group did not receive this training. The self-compassion-based treatment intervention program was implemented in eight 90-minute training sessions, one session a week for two and a half months. Beck's standard anxiety questionnaires and Novako's anger questionnaire were used to collect information. The data collected in the pre-test and post-test stages were analyzed by univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance. The findings of the research show that self-compassion group training has an effect on the anxiety of parents of autistic children in Ardabil city. In the variables of individual aggressive behavior (F=9.11), aggressive thinking (F=11.18) and anger (F=24.51) in the post-test scores, there is a significant difference between the control and experimental groups (0.01). >p). Therefore, it can be said that self-compassion group training has an effect on the anger of parents of autistic children in Ardabil city.