The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter is proud to present
CFT in Practice: An Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy with Russell Kolts, Ph.D.
A 2-Day In-Person Experiential Training
Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024
Course Description:
Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) is a form of psychotherapy that draws upon evolution science, affective neuroscience, attachment therapy, and behaviorism in assisting individuals who suffer with emotional difficulties. Utilizing mindfulness, the purposeful cultivation of compassion, and a host of treatment strategies such as imagery, chair-work, breath-body work, and behavioral and thought experiments, CFT was developed to assist clients who struggle with issues of shame and self-criticism. Because its theoretical basis draws from multiple bodies of science, CFT can sometimes be challenging to grasp initially. In this two-day training, participants will learn a way to organize CFT into a set of layered processes and practices that will allow them to systematically understand, train, and begin to implement the practices of CFT. Additionally, participants will gain exposure to a number of core CFT concepts and techniques and will explore how to implement them through experiential practice.
Target Audience:
This workshop is appropriate for: Mental health professionals including social workers, counselors, psychiatrists and psychologists Clinicians who are new to CFT or who have already had some training
Course Objectives:
After attending this training you will be able to:
- Articulate the layered processes and practices targeted in Compassion-Focused Therapy, and how they work together to set a context for the cultivation of self-compassion.
- Describe the roles of the therapist in Compassion-Focused Therapy.
- Articulate several compassionate realizations in helping clients work with shame and self-attacking.
- Describe the three-circles model of emotion.
- Guide clients in exploring the ways that different motives and emotions organize their mental experience.
- Guide clients in identifying and exploring problematic old-brain/new-brain loops in maintaining threat experiences.
- Facilitate client exploration of the social shaping of their challenging emotions and behaviors.
- Apply Soothing-Rhythm Breathing to help clients work with emotions.
- Articulate how compassion can be applied in working with challenging emotions.
- Introduce and facilitate compassionate-self work.
- Describe the multiple-selves exercise
Presenter:
Russell Kolts, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Eastern Washington University. An internationally-recognized trainer in Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) who regularly conducts CFT trainings around the world, Dr. Kolts is the author of a number of books applying CFT, including CFT Made Simple, Experiencing Compassion-Focused Therapy from the Inside Out, The Compassionate Mind Guide to Managing Your Anger, and The Anger Workbook.
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