COMPASSION
FOCUS
THERAPY 

  • Author
    Russel Kolts
  • Level
    For all
  • Study time
    16 hours
  • Video time
    16 hours
  • Exams
    X

4 VIDEO SEMINARS

16 TRAINING HOURS 

ALL SEMINAR RECORDINGS AVAILABLE FOR 12 MONTHS

ALL DOWNLOADABLE MATERIALS

Lesson series

WHAT'S INCLUDED

This 4 seminar series will present the clinical practice of compassion-centered therapy as a set of layered processes and practices:
- the therapeutic relationship in CFT;
- compassionate realizations that enable clients to understand and relate to their lived experience in compassionate and shameless ways;
- compassionate awareness facilitation that helps clients relate to their difficult experiences with gentle curiosity rather than judgment and condemnation;
- and an introduction to compassionate mindfulness training practices. 

Learning information

  • Video
  • Text material
  • Certificate

FOCUS

The focus of the workshop is to facilitate therapists' understanding of CFT as a multi-layered process in which every aspect of the therapeutic interaction helps to shape, support, and strengthen clients' capacity to helpfully engage with their suffering and struggles in a direct and courageous way.

Leaning objective

1) Participants will be able to identify and describe the 4 layered processes and practices in CFT
2) Participants will be able to describe the various roles of the therapist in CFT
3) Participants will be able to describe different types of compassionate realizations that clients are guided to make in CFT and the anti-shaming function of these realizations
4) Participants will become familiar with some compassionate mindfulness training practices
Meet the instructor

Russel Kolts

He is Professor of Psychology at Eastern Washington University and Director of the Inland Northwest Compassionate Mind Center in Spokane, Washington, USA. 
He has authored or co-authored scholarly articles on various areas of psychology and has written several books on CFT and compassion, including The Compassionate Mind Guide to Managing Your Anger, An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Lessons on Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun (with Thubten Chodron), CFT Made Simple, and Experiencing Compassionate Focused Therapy from the Inside Out (with Tobyn Bell, James Bennett-Levy, and Chris Irons).
Patrick Jones - Course author
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