This workshop will be 7 hours towards your CPD, and you will receive a certificate of attendance shortly after the workshop via email. Handouts will be sent via email to be brought to the workshop. There will be no formal registration. You will be placed in a waiting room once you click on the link and the CMF Team will add you to the meeting.
This workshop is priced at a flat rate of £129.00. For those in difficult financial circumstances, who may struggle to afford this price, please contact hello@compassionatemind.co.uk
All timings are according to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): 09:30 - 16:30
This workshop will be aimed at CFT practitioners who have some experience of working with physical health problems. We will explore how the 3 systems model can explain the distress and disability caused by physical health problems. We will recap evolutionary understanding of each of those systems, looking at how threat, drive and soothing can be applied to common physical health problems including: cancer, heart failure, chronic pain / or fatigue, obesity, spinal cord injury or disability.
There will be an opportunity to formulate health-related distress from different cases using a compassion-based approach: for example ability to cope with cancer treatment. We will apply the 3 systems to sitting alongside someone who is in threat, or drive. Will introduce the concept of “striving” and how this has evolved in time of feast and famine, but in modern times can drive overactivity and can exacerbate physical health symptoms.
This workshop will also consider different levels of application: Compassionate Mind Training to empower use of self-management skills and Compassion Focused Therapy, to understand and change long-standing barriers to self-management. We will introduce the use of Multiple Selves formulations for understanding critical self-talk and the unintended consequences of long-standing ways of approaching physical health problems. For example, understanding the origins of striving through life’s journey.
There will be the opportunity for guided practice of compassion-based skills to working with physical health problems.
· How are the three systems applied to physical health problems
· Understanding of how self-compassion aids adjustment to physical health problems
· Evolution of striving as a barrier to self-management
· Application of CFT to formulate and encourage self-management of physical health problems
Online via Zoom
Armitage, L & Malpus Z (2019) Compassion Focused Therapy for Strivers in Pain: Pain and Rehabilitation Journal of Pain Physiotherapy Association: Issue 47 p6-11
Austin J, C. Drossaert C, Schroevers M, Sanderman R, Kirby JN & Bohlmeijer ET (2020): Compassion-based interventions for people with long- term physical conditions: a mixed methods systematic review, Psychology & Health 36(1):16-42.
Malpus, Z, Smith, C & Armitage L (2022) Compassion Focused Therapy for Pain Management: The ”3 systems approach” to understanding why striving and self-criticism are key barriers to regulating activity and improving self-care for people living with persistent pain British Journal of Pain 17 (1) p87-102
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All delegates signed up to the workshop will receive the joining links, instructions, handouts and any extra resources and information via email. We send these roughly a week before the workshop start date.
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, 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.
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
As this course is aimed at an intermediate level, participants will be expected to have a basic understanding of the CFT model, we would encourage you to attend one of our introductory trainings first.
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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.
Established as a charity in 2006, The Compassionate Mind Foundation (CMF) is the home of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and Compassionate Mind Training (CMT), and the leading provider of trainings and research.
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