Workshop
Compassion Focused Therapy for Harsh Self-Criticism (Pre Conference Workshop)
This is one day HYBRID workshop with Professor Paul Gilbert that will be delivered in Birmingham (and online)
From £10 • Card, PayPal & bank transfer available
About this workshop
This is a one day HYBRID workshop that will is part of our 15th International Conference programme, but this workshop can be attended separately. For more information about our conference program please visit:
https://www.compassionatemind.co.uk/cmf-conference-2026
About this Workshop
This workshop is for people who are interested in learning about the applications of compassion focused therapy to the problems of harsh self-criticism.
Scientific background and outline:
Our newly evolved brain, with its multiple competencies, enables us to naturally, consciously and unconsciously monitor many aspects of our functioning and experience. Not only do we monitor them, but we can also judge them. When we judge ourselves negatively, we can become harshly self-critical. That stimulates unhelpful processes in our brain. CFT helps people see important distinctions between compassionate self-correction where we are open and honest about errors and setback but can feel encouraged to make changes. In contrast the motives and emotions of harsh self-attacking undermine us and deplete our confidence, making us more vulnerable to mental health difficulties. Learning how to identify harsh self-critical brain states investigate their underlying origins and functions and switch to compassionate brain states is key to promoting compassionate well-being.
CFT is a brain state theory and therefore therapists can identify the different characteristics of a particular state (e.g. attention thinking behaviour etc) and how to generate alternatives as shown in the diagram.
We will explore
- The basic conceptual framework of CFT
- Distinguish different types and functions of self-criticism and explore functional analysis of self-criticism.
- How and why generating compassion brain states operates his antidotes to our self-criticism
What you'll learn
Understand the link between compassion and eating behaviour
Explore practical tools from the workbook
Apply strategies for sustainable change
Develop a kinder relationship with food
Who this workshop is for
Anyone interested in improving their relationship with food and body
Healthcare and wellbeing professionals
No prior experience required
"The Compassionate Mind Foundation has been doing world-leading work, pioneering the science of compassion."
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FAQs
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All delegates signed up to the workshop will recieve joining links and instructions when they sign up for the event via Eventbrite. Any additional handouts will be sent to you as soon as they are recieved from the speaker. If you do not recieve a welcome email when you book, or have other queries, please email hello@compassionatemind.co.uk.
No, as this is a supervision workshop and delegates will be discussing sensitive matters, this workshop will not be recorded. For that reason it is essential that delegates attend this workshop live. Any non-attendees will not receive a certificate.
Yes, this workshop will be recorded on zoom. Once the workshop has finished all delegates will receive a follow-up email with the links to view these along with any extra resources. These will be available to view for around 3 months post-event. The recordings are edited, so will be made available roughly a week after the workshop has finished.
Yes, this course is suitable for those who are new to CFT, although some knowledge of the basics may be helpful.
Unfortunately, this workshop will not be suitable for those with no prior CFT training. The trainer will be teaching the workshop on the assumption that all attendees have a good understanding of the model and will not have time to go over this. We recommend first attending one of our Introduction to CFT workshops, which we run several times a year.
This workshop is aimed at those who have a good grounding in the foundations of Compassion Focused Therapy, so we do require that you have completed an Introductory workshop beforehand (please check the topics covered in the Introduction to CFT workshop on our Training Pathway). We generally recommend leaving at least six months between completing an Introductory workshop and attending the Clinical Skills workshop in order to give yourself time to practise with your clients, as this workshop will be aimed to helping you to build on your skills.
Introductory workshops held by other organisations will be accepted, so long as they are at least two days in length, include the topics covered in our Introduction to CFT course, and are led by a recognised CFT trainer. For any queries about this, please email hello@compassionatemind.co.uk
As this course is aimed at an intermediate level, participants will be expected to have a basic understanding of the CFT model. If you are new to CFT, we would encourage you to attend one of our introductory trainings first.
Yes, this course is suitable for those who are new to CFT, although some knowledge of the basics may be helpful.
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