Compassion-focused approaches for Educational Psychologist Practice

An introductory workshop for Educational Psychologists looking to incorporate compassion-focused approaches into their practice.

The training facilitators are Charlie Heriot-Maitland (a Clinical Psychologist & CFT expert) and Dr Jo Taylor (a Child & Educational Psychologist completing a Churchill Fellowship into compassion and caring roles)

We will cover:

• An introduction to Compassion Focussed Therapy and Compassion Focused Approaches.
• Mapping compassionate attributes onto the EP role.
• Practical activities using two models to support with the understanding and unpicking of emotions in EP work (3 circles, multiple selves).
• Use compassionate qualities as a planning tool, to create next steps for your work as an EP.

This course might be for you if you want to…

• Receive an introduction to compassion focussed approaches
• Develop your skills for talking about suffering and distress
• Broaden your options for helping people understand emotions
• Practice using tools & approaches with other EPs
• Plan your work through the lens of compassionate practice

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For further reading on this model, please see our recent publication:

Heriot-Maitland C, Taylor J. Developing a Compassion Focused Supervision Model for Senior Leaders in Education. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine 2024; 9(2): 033; doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2402033