NOTE: Please direct any enquiries regarding this event to the workshop organiser, Marie Bloomfield at marie@bloomfieldpsychology.com.au
This interactive live Webinar is a comprehensive introduction to Compassion-Focused Therapy or Compassionate Mind Training to promote effective clinical intervention. This course teaches the underlying Compassion-Focused Therapy framework which includes learning essential practices in mindfulness and self-compassion to transform a wide range of mental issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, inner criticisms, blame and shame in your clients. The focus is on developing our own personal practices as well as learning applications that can better assist our clients.
Presenters: Marie Bloomfield, Clinical Psychologist and John Julian, Social Worker, both accomplished therapists with over 40 years of experience, who have been using Compassion-Focused since 2011 in Australia.
Location: Online webinar
Times:
Date: 9 August - 13 September 2021
Time: Monday Mornings 10:00am-12:00pm, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Australia, AEST(UTC +10)
Note: This Webinar is live and interactive. However, we will also be recording every session, so that if you cannot attend the session on the day, you can view the session at a later time.
Price: Early bird (22 July) AU$290.00, Regular AU$340.00
Content:
In this course, we will teach the complete conceptual framework and applications of Compassion-Focused Therapy which is essential for learning Compassionate Mind Training. The content of the course will be interactive, didactic and experiential. In addition, you will present some practices from Mindful Self-Compassion to assist in the development of a compassionate mind.
This 6-week course (12 hours) aims to introduce a thorough foundation of Compassion-Focused Therapy and Compassionate Mind Training, such as how to work with the Evolutionary Brain Model, the Tricky Brain, the Three Circles of Emotions, the Multiple-Selves, The Inner Critic, the Compassionate Self and complete Case Formulations.
We will present a variety of approaches and tools to promote a sense of safeness, warmth, contentment and courage to increase the regulation of emotions in the clients as well as for the therapists. All through the course we encourage a personal practice as well as a professional practice in Compassion-Focused Therapy. In each session, we will present guided meditations/visualisations for you to experience and self-reflecting exercises that you can use for yourself and also offer your clients.
Compassion-Focused Therapy Course Content
Session 1: Compassion in Therapy
Introducing Compassion and Role of Therapist
The three flows of compassion, misgivings and obstacles
Session 2: The Tricky Bain
The old and the new brain
The three emotion circles
Session 3
Attention and mindfulness
Writing a CFT Case Formulation
Session 4:
Working with difficult emotions
Compassionate Self
Session 5:
Multiple Selves Exercise
Working with the Inner Critic
Session 6
Transforming Shame with Compassion
Sustaining our Compassionate Mind
Who is it for:
This practical training course is for Health Professionals and Therapists who see clients face to face or in group sessions such as psychologists, clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, school counsellors, mental health/psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, coaches, counsellors and others working in a variety of settings in mental health, drug and alcohol, relationship counselling, genetic counselling and so on.
It will be helpful also for other health professionals who wish to cultivate a compassionate mind to promote wellbeing, resilience and satisfaction in their personal and work life.
If you are interested to know more or to register your interest please email Marie Bloomfield at marie@bloomfieldpsychology.com.au
To register for this course, click here
Further information can be found about the course here
