We will host this webinar via Zoom Meetings. This workshop will be recorded and recordings will be available for up to three months after the live broadcast for you to watch in your own time. This webinar awards delegates 8 hours toward CPD.
Level: Intermediate
Timings
All timings are according to UK GMT Time
Session 1, 05th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Session 2, 12th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Session 3, 19th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Session 4, 26th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Registration
We will host this webinar via Zoom Meetings. This workshop will be recorded and recordings will be available for up to three months after the live broadcast for you to watch in your own time. This webinar awards delegates 8 hours toward CPD.
Level: Intermediate
Timings
All timings are according to UK GMT Time
Session 1, 05th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Session 2, 12th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Session 3, 19th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Session 4, 26th February 2026 18.00 to 20.00
Pricing
This workshop is priced at a flat rate of £135.00 . For those in difficult financial circumstances, who may struggle to afford this price, please contact hello@compassionatemind.co.uk
About this Workshop
Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) is of specific interest in situations of loss, grief, and bereavement due to the intensity of the work and the need to provide clients with a secure base from which they can begin the process of rebuilding their lives after a significant loss.
Compassion-based approaches are especially useful for loss experiences that have a protracted course, where individuals must live with ongoing loss and grief over a long time, and where there is no foreseeable end. These approaches are also beneficial to address grief that is accompanied by shame, disenfranchisement, and exhaustion.
The sessions will weave together current research and practice related to loss and grief with the principles and practice of CFT, including material that will explore personal as well as collective experiences and responses to loss. An emphasis will be on differentiating a model of companioning grief versus an interventionist model of treating pathology, and the role of therapist self-practice as a way to cultivate the compassionate base that forms the heart of grief therapy.
Week One: Overview of Grief
· What is grief? How is it different from depression, anxiety, and PTSD?
· Explore current thinking and research on grief
· The assumptive world and grief
· Assessing grief
Week Two: Application of CFT to Grief
· The therapist’s compassionate stance
· Compassionate Mind Training and sustainability
· Practice of presence
· Challenges in grief therapy practice that can be readily addressed with CFT
Week Three: Challenges in Grief Therapy Practice
· The social context of compassion and grief
· Approaching unique scenarios of grief
· Compassion and disenfranchised grief
· When grief goes awry—identifying Prolonged Grief Disorder and its implications
Week Four: Integrating Compassion-Based Practices in Grief Therapy
· Addressing shame and guilt with compassion
· Applying the flows of compassion to situations of loss and grief
· Compassion-based practices with grieving clients
· Use of energy and imagery
· Summary and discussion
The sessions will utilize power point slides, case studies, interactive work with participants, and reflective practice to create a combined didactic and experientially-based training for participants. Handouts with information from slides, examples, and further resources will also be provided to attendees.
Key Learning objectives
1. Define different types of loss experiences and the unique grief that accompanies them.
2. Identify current research, theory, and practice related to grief support, grief therapy, and assessment of grief.
3. Describe the impact of the social context on loss and grief, identifying aspects of loss that are felt personally as well as collectively.
4. Integrate self-practice through compassion training into working with clients who experience significant losses in their lives.
5. Differentiate between grief, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic sorrow.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of compassion training to cultivate a sustainable way of companioning grief.
7. Explore specific compassion-based practices that can be helpful to clients experiencing grief after non-death losses.
8. Describe how a compassionate stance can enhance sustainability in situations where grief is chronic, intense, and/or exceptionally difficult.
Online via Zoom
Harris, D. L. (2023). An exploration of compassion focused therapy for grieving individuals. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 8(4), 1-31.
Harris, D.L. (2021). Compassion-focused grief therapy. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 49(6), 780-790.
Harris, D.L., & Ho, A.Y. (Eds.) (2023) Compassion-based approaches to loss and grief. Routledge.
Harris, D., & Milman, J. (in press). Principles and practice of grief counseling (4th Ed). Springer.
Harris, D. (2020). Non-death loss and grief: Context and clinical implications. Routledge.
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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
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.
Yes, towards the bottom of the page under the 'prices' section you will find a link to download a booking form for this workshop. Please fill this in and email to Binita.Shah@compassionatemind.co.uk
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All places booked for our event, must be paid for prior to attending the event unless pre-agreed with management. Please note that we cannot confirm your place until we have received payment.
Should you be unable to attend the event, please contact our admin team as soon as possible via hello@compassionatemind.co.uk. Refunds, less the Eventbrite administration fee, will be made if cancellations are received in writing up to one month before the event. Any cancellations received after this time will not be eligible for a refund, although we will consider exceptional circumstances. While refunds for failure to attend cannot be made, you can transfer your event fee to a future event that will take place within 12 months of your booking without an additional penalty.
Please note that information about the event and venue are subject to change and cancellation. Occasionally, an event may have to be cancelled or postponed. We will endeavour to inform you of any changes and cancellations as soon as possible via email. We cannot take responsibility for any resulting costs you may incur for travel, accommodation, any other related goods or service or other compensation should an event cancellation occur.
For all face-to-face events, lunch provided at the event will be vegetarian and will include eggs, but no meat or fish (though vegan options will also be made available). However, please advise us of any dietary requirements in the notes section whilst booking online and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
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