Workshop
Mentalizing and Compassion for Complex Trauma (Pre Conference Workshop)
This is one day HYBRID workshop with Professor Patrick Luyten that will be delivered in Birmingham and online
From £10 • Card, PayPal & bank transfer available
About this workshop
About the workshop
Complex trauma is associated with pervasive disturbances in affect regulation, self and interpersonal functioning. Individuals with a history of complex trauma frequently struggle with difficulties in understanding their own and others’ mental states, while also experiencing intense shame, self-criticism, and threat-based responses that maintain psychological distress across diagnostic categories.
This workshop explores the integration of mentalizing and compassion as complementary processes in the treatment of complex trauma. In this workshop I will first provide an overview of key principles of Trauma-Focused Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT-TF), a treatment approach that aims to restore and strengthen mentalizing capacities and epistemic trust, two psychological capacities that are often compromised in the context of traumatic experiences and attachment disruptions. Core treatment principles, including the maintenance of a mentalizing stance, regulation of arousal, and the gradual exploration of traumatic experiences within a relational framework, will be discussed.
Building on this foundation, the workshop will examine compassion as a transdiagnostic therapeutic process that may enhance trauma recovery. Drawing on principles from Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), we will consider how cultivating compassion for self and others can address shame, self-criticism, and persistent threat responses. Conceptual links between mentalizing and compassion will be explored, highlighting how both approaches may promote mentalizing, epistemic trust, emotion regulation, interpersonal connectedness, and a more coherent sense of self.
Clinical examples and practical applications based on participants’ own therapeutic work will be used to illustrate these principles.
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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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.
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
If you find you are unable to attend this course, please email our admin team via hello@compassionatemind.co.uk as soon as possible. You will be given the option to transfer to another course (within 12 months). Refunds are available if cancellation occurs no less than one month before the start of the course, although we will consider exceptional circumstances.
We understand that, due to time differences, it may not be possible for you to attend all of this training live with us. With that in mind, the workshop will be recorded, and you'll have access to the recordings for up to three months after the live broadcast to watch in your own time.
If you're unable to attend for the entire duration, please email hello@compassionatemind.co.uk to let us know, as non-attendees will not receive a certificate unless we are informed of your circumstances.
Yes, this course is suitable for those who are new to CFT, although some knowledge of the basics may be helpful.
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.
This workshop does cover some of the basics of the CFT model so this has been advertised as a beginner level workshop, however we do recommend some prior training or experience of CFT as the trainers will not have time to address this in depth.
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.
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