Cultivating Compassion with Ourselves and Our Clients: (CFT) Compassion Focused Therapy
Where
This is an online event that will take place via Zoom. Instructions for accessing the Zoom will be sent to the email address used for registration.Contact
Christina Steudte, LMHCAssociation for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1330
csteudte@mhaw.org
Who Should Attend
Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to conceptualize the CFT model and understand the neuroscience and neurobiology of Compassion Focused Strategies
- Participants will be able to identify 3 compassion-focused techniques and how to apply techniques to presenting symptoms of self-criticism
- Participants will understand how to provide psycho-education to clients on the CFT approach to foster a self-care plan with personal agency
Compassion Focused Counseling developed by Psychologist Paul Gilbert developed Compassion-Focused Therapy in the 2000s to specifically address shame and self-criticism, drawing on evolutionary, social, developmental, and Buddhist psychology and neuroscience.
Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) helps those who struggle with the shame and self-criticism that can result from early experiences of abuse or neglect. CFT teaches clients to cultivate skills in compassion and self-compassion, which can help regulate mood and lead to feelings of safety, self-acceptance, and comfort.
CFT can be integrated into any integrative approach. This session will review how to both use it a primary or adjunctive framework.
APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR
(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)
Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)
Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)
Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).
Registration fee: $75.00
About the Presenter
Dr. Reji Mathew
Over the past 15 years, I have cultivated a varied work life. I am an integrative, neuroscience-informed, social work psychotherapist; a narrative freelance journalist; a digital artist; and an expressive arts advocate.
In my counseling work, my primary worldview is a bio-psycho-social narratology (narrative therapy) lens, inspired by my background in narrative journalism. It is crucial to me to understand people in the context of their environment in real time (cultural time). My narrative lens is intersectional with a commitment to understanding the complex identities we hold along class, culture, location, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and accessibility.
My graduate education at New York University in social work, cultural studies, and community health shaped my therapeutic framework. I specialize in evidence-based treatment approaches; I both practice and teach cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), mindfulness, positive psychology (PP), resiliency, and mind-body wellness.
My approach is also trauma informed and have trained in
(EMDR) eye movement desensitization processing.
As a street academic, I present in settings ranging from non-profits to hospital settings, primarily speaking on the topic of providing mental health coping skills education with culturally affirming attunement.
Dr. Mathew recently received an arts leadership award! You can learn more about this award and about Dr. Mathew by clicking here to view a brief video.