Live evening course in CMT (8-weeks, online, Jan-Feb 2023)

During the course, participants will learn:

• how our minds are naturally susceptible to getting caught up in to negative thinking-emotion ‘loops’

• about the ‘three emotion systems’ model, and how many of us can get stuck in emotional imbalance

• what compassion is, what attributes help to facilitate it, what can block it, and how we can train our minds in it

• that compassion can come in three different ‘flows’ – to others (compassion for others), from others (compassion from others) and to ourselves (self-compassion)

• Develop skills to balance their emotions by developing skills in mindfulness and compassion

Participants will have the opportunity to develop skills in:

• Mindfulness – we will explore the power of attention and awareness, and practice a variety of mindfulness exercises that can help people to develop greater attentional stability

• Breathing – practicing how certain types of breathing rhythm help to sooth and calm the body, and consequentially, the mind

• Compassion – we will explore how to develop your ‘compassionate mind’ through a variety of practices, including those involving memory, imagery, embodied action, emotion and thinking.

Participants will be asked to do in-between session skills training practice, guided by audio files and written material.

This 8 Week Compassionate Mind Training programme is adapted from the groundbreaking work of internationally renowned psychologist and creator of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Professor Paul Gilbert.