Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in part originally developed to help people high in shame and self-criticism, and there’s now lots of evidence that CFT is a powerful approach for working with these difficulties.
In some of the downloads on this page, you’ll find the outline to key ways of engaging with and working with self-criticism from a CFT perspective
Working with the Self-Critic
Function of Self-Critic
- Script
Here’s a downloadable guide to help you understand the function of the self-critic
Image of the Self-Critic
- Script
Download this guide to putting an image to the self-critic
Compassion for the Self-Critic
- Script
Download a guide for how to meet the self-critic with compassion
If you’d like to have audio guides to some of these practices, you can find them in the Self-Compassion App or in our online self-help courses
All of these scripts are adapted from the wonderful work of Prof Paul Gilbert www.compassionatemind.co.uk
