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Synopsis
This ‘Compassion Focused Therapy Chairwork’ event is the second session in a two-part series. Whilst the workshop is open to people new to CFT, it is best suited for intermediate-level attendees who have prior exposure to CFT ideas and training, or who attended part one of the series. Each day can be attended separately and they are suitable for all clinicians, including PWP’s. Part one ‘An introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy’ will take place on Thursday 24 April and can be booked separately here
‘Chairwork’ refers to a group of experiential psychotherapeutic techniques that incorporate chairs, the positioning of chairs and the client’s movement between them. Chairwork has a rich history in psychotherapy and has a key role in Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). Research has found Chairwork to be an effective, experiential intervention that increases emotional processing and activation; facilitates differentiation, dialogue and integration between internal ‘parts’ or ‘selves’; allows clients to gain a metacognitive stance; and is memorably ‘enactive’ in nature.
This workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to practice key CFT Chairwork interventions such as working with self-criticism and processing multiple threat-emotions. Alternate and novel applications of CFT Chairwork will be introduced, including working with blocks to compassion using Chairwork. The workshop is predominantly skills-based and experiential and will include live observations, practical exercises, theoretical discussion and group reflection. At the end of the training, practitioners will: -Understand the role of Chairwork within CFT -Have had an opportunity to observe and practice experiential interventions designed to develop self-compassion -Be able to utilise Chairwork to address self-criticism -Have developed skills in applying the multiple-selves framework to differentiate and process threat emotions -Be able to adapt Chairwork for various populations and presentations
Dr Tobyn Bell is a Compassion-Focused Psychotherapist, an accredited Schema Therapist and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, and a Voice Dialogue facilitator. He is a co-founder of Chairwork with Matthew Pugh and a co-author of the book ‘Compassion Focused Therapy from the Inside Out’. Tobyn regularly provides national and international training on compassion and chairwork and is actively involved in ongoing research within these areas. Tobyn is an honorary lecturer at the University of Manchester and a senior fellow with Advance Higher Education.
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