Compassion-focused approaches for Educational Psychologist Practice
07/02/2025 - 09:00 to 16:00
£120
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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