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OVERVIEW
This introductory workshop provides a great opportunity to learn from the founder of CFT, Professor Paul Gilbert, who is visiting Australia from the UK and is providing this training opportunity in Brisbane with Dr Hayley Quinn.
Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is an integrative psychotherapy model that focuses on the cultivation and application of compassion for both self and others. CFT integrates cognitive-behavioural therapy techniques with evolutionary, developmental and social psychology, affective neuroscience and Buddhist psychology. The approach was developed for clients with high levels of self criticism and shame. It has a growing evidence base for a variety of clinical disorders and presentations.
Practising compassion has been shown to have powerful effects on physiological, psychological and social processes, specifically in the regulation of threat-focused emotional experiences and the development of a caring orientation to suffering. This introductory workshop is designed to encourage the use of practices that stimulate compassionate mental states and those that build a sense of the compassionate self-identity.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
- Gain an understanding of how evolutionary functional analysis advances our understanding of mental health difficulties, and in particular the importance of the evolution of attachment, caring and affiliation as part of the human affect motivation and regulation system.
- Gain an understanding of the three system affect regulation model (threat, drive and affiliative-soothing) which informs compassion-focused interventions.
- Be exposed to key compassion-focused skills including the use of the breath and body postures, the practice of compassion focused imagery, the use of compassionate mind training to build the "compassionate self", employing the "compassionate self" to engage with areas of personal difficulty, and building supportive social relationships.
- Gain an understanding of how CFT may be applied to clients with different problems in which there is a non-affiliative relationship with self and/or others (e.g anxiety, depression, shame, eating disorders, personality disorders, psychosis, etc)
- Participants will complete the workshop with an understanding of the flows of compassion: compassion to others, being open to compassion from others, and compassion to self
WHO IS THIS SUITABLE FOR?
This workshop is suitable for practitioners from any theoretical background. The workshop will include interactive teaching, practical exercises, self-reflection and group discussions. No prior knowledge of CFT is required.
PRICING
$865 Super Early Bird before 31st October 2019
$895 Early Bird before 20th December 2019
$975 Standard price
STUDENTS 30% Discount
For discount code or further information please contact event organiser: hayley@drhayleydquinn.com
*Prices include GST
Price includes tea and coffee on arrival, morning and afternoon tea, and lunch. Please indicate any specific dietary requirements.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Professor Paul Gilbert (OBE)
Paul Gilbert PhD, FBPsS, OBE is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and is a Visiting Professor at The University of Queensland. Professor Gilbert was an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Derbyshire Health Care Foundation Trust until his retirement in 2016. He has researched evolutionary approaches to psychopathology for over 40 years with a special focus on shame and the treatment of shame-based difficulties, for which compassion focused therapy was developed.
Professor Gilbert was made a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1993. In 2003, he was President of the BABCP and a member of the first British Government's NICE guidelines for depression. He has written/edited 22 books and over 300 publications. In 2006 he established The Compassionate Mind Foundation, a charity with the mission statement "to promote wellbeing through the scientific understanding and application of compassion". (www.compassionatemind.co.uk). Professor Gilbert was awarded an OBE in March 2011.
As well as an impressive list of achievements, Professor Gilbert is an experienced and entertaining presenter.
Dr Hayley D Quinn
Dr Hayley Quinn PhD is an experienced Clinical Psychologist and the current President of Compassionate Mind Australia. Hayley runs her own private clinical practice, with a particular focus on Compassion Focused Therapy. Hayley has a particular interest in assisting people experiencing anxiety, trauma related issues, chronic pain, and grief and loss. Hayley has worked in various settings including community, multicultural and hospital-based settings. Hayley's previous work facilitating a day program within a specialised trauma unit allowed her to deepen her understanding of the harmful impacts of fear, shame and loss of connection, and to clarify the important role of compassion when working with clients. Hayley is passionate about the role of personal practice in assisting clinicians to cultivate a caring orientation to suffering within themselves and others. She believes that supporting clinicians to incorporate compassion focused practice into their lives and work increases their capacity for caring, courage and wisdom.