This workshop will be 14 hours towards your CPD, and you will receive a certificate of attendance shortly after the workshop via email. 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 £239.00. For those in difficult financial circumstances, who may struggle to afford this price, please contact hello@compassionatemind.co.uk
14th & 15th July 2025
09:30 - 16:30 each day - All timings are according to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The therapeutic relationship is unlike many other forms of relationship we experience in everyday lives. We discuss pain, and are sometimes privy to experiences seldom, if ever, discussed elsewhere. While therapists are trained in this relationship, there can inevitably be many challenges. We may have an idea of what therapy may, or should, be, but often our work brings out the unexpected, and is sensitive to the individual nature of ourselves and our clients.
In this workshop, we’ll explore some of the common challenges we can face in our psychotherapeutic work, and how we can use compassionate wisdom to help us. It will draw on a compassion focused therapy approach, include both theory and practice, evidence base insights and personal reflection and exploration.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the nature of the therapeutic relationship itself, and how it is sensitive to particular kinds of challenges. Using an understanding of transference and countertransference, we’ll look at how we can recognise where and how it might arise, what it might be communicating, how it relates to attachment, and how we can work with – rather than against it – in and between our sessions. We’ll consider how compassion can help us to connect with all of our clients, even those we may find challenging or feel challenged by, and how we can utilise compassionate curiosity as a way of supporting our practice and remaining open to our clients. We will explore personal self-criticism and anxieties about our work as therapists to cultivate a more compassionate relationship with ourselves, and how the compassionate self can help us to avoid becoming blocked by self-criticism. We will also explore the role of fears, blocks and resistances, and the importance of rupture and repair in deepening our engagement with our clients.
This is a workshop designed for those who have some experience of working with clients, and with some knowledge of the foundations of CFT.
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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.
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, 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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