Live Webinar
Description
Compassion is increasingly recognized as an important component of effective, trauma-informed clinical practice. This foundational, experiential workshop introduces clinicians to the science of compassion and self-compassion and explores their roles in emotional regulation, therapeutic relationships, clinician well-being, and psychological resilience.
Participants will explore what compassion is—and what it is not—by distinguishing it from related concepts such as empathy, sympathy, kindness, pity, and rescuing. The training introduces the Threat, Drive, and Soothing systems from Compassion Focused Therapy and explores how these systems can help clinicians understand patterns of threat activation, striving, safety, and regulation.
Through practical, evidence-informed strategies, clinicians will learn ways to integrate compassion into their work with clients while also cultivating greater self-compassion and sustainability in their own professional practice.
Slide deck and bonus resources included.
Objectives
At the end of this workshop, participants will learn
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Differentiate compassion from empathy, sympathy, kindness, and rescuing.
- Describe the roles of the threat, drive, and soothing systems and relationship to compassion.
- Apply at least three compassion-focused interventions or practices in clinical work.
- Identify strategies to cultivate self-compassion for both the therapist and client.
Course Outline
Agenda will be shared at a later date
Course Policies
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