Compassion Focused Therapy (Cft) Practioner Guide

Learn everything about Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and it's application in counseling practice

What you'll learn

Foundations of Compassion Focused Therapy CFT

Therapist's role in CFT

Models of Emotion

Operant & respondant conditioning

Functional Analysis

Complete Mindfulness

Various techniques of CFT

Requirements

NA

Description

Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) aims to help promote mental and emotional healing by encouraging people in treatment to be compassionate toward themselves and other people. Compassion, both toward the self and toward others, is an emotional response believed by many to be an essential aspect of well-being. Its development may often have the benefit of improved mental and emotional health.Trained mental health professionals may offer CFT in their practice to help and support individuals in treatment who wish to explore ways to relate to themselves and others with greater compassion.According to CFT theory, the threat, drive, and contentment systems evolved throughout human history in order to facilitate survival. Early humans were eager to avoid or overcome threats, seek resources such as food or intimacy, and enjoy the benefits of being part of a social community. Proponents of CFT suggest these systems are still active and affect human emotions, actions, and beliefs today. If a threatening stimulus is received, for example, a person may experience different feelings (such as fear, anxiety, or anger), exhibit various behaviors (submission or a fight or flight response), and develop certain cognitive biases (jumping to conclusions, stereotyping, or assuming it is always better to be safe than sorry).The drive system endeavours to direct individuals toward important goals and resources while fostering feelings of anticipation and pleasure. People with an over-stimulated drive system may engage in risky behaviors such as unsafe sexual practices or drug and alcohol abuse.The contentment system is linked with feelings of happiness. These feelings are not associated with pleasure seeking, nor are they merely present due to an absence of threats. Rather, this state of positive calm is typically tied to an awareness of being socially connected, cared for, and safe. This soothing system acts as a regulator for both the threat and drive systems.CFT can be helpful to people who find it challenging to understand, feel, or express compassion, as therapy can be a safe place in which to discover any reasons behind this difficulty and explore methods of positive change. This type of therapy can also be effective at helping people manage distressing thoughts, behaviors, and feelings of any kind but may be particularly helpful when dealing with feelings associated with self-attack. Other concerns treated with CFT include:AnxietyShameSelf-criticismDepressionDisordered eatingAngerSelf-injuryPsychosisThis course is created by Vyas Psychology Training Centre

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Course Overview

Lecture 3 Introduction to CFT

Lecture 4 The Circle of Compassion

Lecture 5 Therapists role in CFT

Lecture 6 Connecting with compassionate qualities

Lecture 7 Evolution old vs new brain

Lecture 8 8 Three circle model of emotion and threat system

Lecture 9 The drive system & the safeness system

Lecture 10 The social shaping of the self

Lecture 11 Attachment history & attachment style

Lecture 12 Operant conditioning & functional analysis of behaviour

Lecture 13 Respondant conditioning, social learning, and mindfulness

Lecture 14 Mindfulness practices

Lecture 15 Obstacles in mindfulness training

Lecture 16 Working with self criticism

Lecture 17 Method acting approach

Lecture 18 Extending compassion

Lecture 19 Compassionate letter writting

Lecture 20 Compassionate thinking & reasoning

Lecture 21 Feeling compassion

Lecture 22 Creating safe place & chair work in CFT

Lecture 23 Case formulation

Lecture 24 Conclusion

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