CFT for Difficult Emotions

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

- working with Difficult Emotions

One constant in therapy is that people are turning up for help with managing emotions and feelings that they find difficult to manage.

Based on the Compassionate Mind approach to Difficult Emotions (by one of Balanced Minds’ founders, Dr Chris Irons), there are a variety of things that can be helpful for CFT therapists to hold in mind when working with emotion regulation difficulties.

Take a look below for a variety of downloadable materials and guides

Working with Difficult Emotions

Emotion Family Tree

Learn to keep track of how and when your self-criticism turns up

Emotion Awareness Chart

Here’s a downloadable guide to help you understand the function of the self-critic

Evolved Function of Emotions

Download this guide to putting an image to the self-critic

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