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)
About this workshop
This is a one day hybrid workshop that will take place on 12th October 2026 at Millenium Point in Birmingham (with livestream access), and is part of our 15th International Conference (but can be booked separately.
For more information about our conference program please visit: https://www.compassionatemind.co.uk/cmf-conference-2026
This workshop is for people who are interested in learning about the applications of compassion focused therapy to the problems of harsh self-criticism.
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.
What you'll learn
Basic conceptual framework of CFT
Distinguishing different types and functions of self criticism
Functional analysis of self criticism
How and why generating compassion brain states operates as antidotes to our self-criticism
Who this workshop is for
Mental Health Practitioners
Meet your instructor
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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.
All attendees will received a certificate upon completion of the course. This will be emailed to you, so please ensure that your details are correct on registration.
Our staff will take a register on each day of the workshop and any non-attendees will not receive a certificate. If you are unable to attend for any reason, please get in touch at hello@compassionatemind.co.uk
Yes, please email finance@compassionatemind.co.uk who will be able to organise this for you.
Due to the interactive nature of this workshop, and particularly that it will contain a lot of group work, we feel you'd be missing too much of its value if you cannot participate live. So all delegates will need to attend live. Any delegates that have signed up but don't attend will not receive a CPD certificate.
Please get in touch at hello@compassionatemind.co.uk if you can now longer attend this workshop and need to change your booking.
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