two new compassion focused trainings in the US

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DENNIS TIRCH

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Mar 8, 2016, 3:54:30 PM3/8/16
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Hello Friends,

Hope you are having a pleasant transition from Winter to Spring! 

I am writing because many friends on this email discussion list have asked me to update them about 
new Compassion Focused training workshops and online groups. We have two workshops coming up
and one online group forming, so I thought this would be a good way to make the announcement.
I know this will pop into some of your mailboxes more than once, as we are a part of a few related
email lists. Please pardon the extra inbox real estate that this takes up. Have a great day!

Here are the details:

1. 1 Day Introduction to CFT Workshop at The Brattleboro Retreat, VT.

An Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy for Anxiety and Depression
Facilitated by Dr. Dennis Tirch

• Friday, April 29, 2016
• 8:30am  4:00pm


During this workshop on Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), we will explore how the science of compassion can be used to enhance our clinical work.  Recent research demonstrates that compassion is a significant, active process in psychotherapy. This experiential workshop is specifically designed to help practitioners deepen their understanding and practice of compassion. Participants will specific imagery and psychotherapy techniques designed to generate the compassionate strength and psychological flexibility we need to face life's challenges.

2.  2-Day ACBS Pre-Conference Workshop in Seattle, June 14th and 15th, 2016

Foundations of Compassion Focused Therapy and Compassion Focused ACT for Anxiety and Mood Disorders
facilitated by Dr. Dennis Tirch and Dr. Laura Silberstein Tirch

During this workshop, participants will explore how the science of compassion can be used to enhance and expand our clinical work, using an ACT-consistent, Compassion Focused Therapy approach. Recent advances in psychological research, theory and practice have suggested that compassion may be a significant, active process in psychotherapy effectiveness. This two day clinical/experiential workshop is specifically designed to help ACT and other behavior therapy practitioners deepen their understanding and practice of compassion focused treatment of anxiety and mood disorders . Participants will learn a new evolutionary model of compassionate flexibility, that is grounded in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), ACT, and elements of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP). Direct, experiential exercises, including a range of compassion focused imagery practices, will invite participants into contact with their compassionate minds. Rather than being a soft option, the deliberate activation of our compassion system can generate the emotional strength and psychological flexibility we need to face life's challenges, and step forward into lives of meaning, purpose and vitality.


3. A small, private consultation group in CFT will be forming beginning in April. Meetings will take place in an online Webex conference space.
Case consultation, CFT fundamentals, Experiential practice, Compassionate Mind Training, and psychotherapy technique will be emphasized.
The group will meet for 12 90-minute meetings, weekly, with breaks for travel, etc. The dates and times of the meetings is being determined 
according to the needs of the participants as the group forms. No prior CFT experience is necessary, but it is useful. Inquiries and applications can be forwarded to v...@mindfulcompassion.com. One scholarship per 8 participants is available. Commitment to participate through the entire course is necessary for involvement.
Primary source reading will also be important throughout the process.


Sending Good Wishes, 

Dennis

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Dennis Tirch PhD

Founder, The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy
President, The Compassionate Mind Foundation, USA
President and Founding Fellow, 
NYC-CBT Association
Founding President Emeritus, New York City Chapter, Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
Fellow, Diplomate & Certified CBT Trainer/Consultant , Academy of Cognitive Therapy
Associate Editor, The Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science






Contact by telephone is best if we need to be in touch in short order, please feel free to call me at: 

150 East 58th Street, 27th Floor
New York, NY  10155

Author of The ACT Practitioner’s Guide To The Science of Compassion - with Schoendorff & Silberstein
Available at:




Please read the following so we can be in touch as soon as possible:

If you are contacting me about clinical, confidential or urgent concerns, please reach me directly by telephone at 845-664-1498. I find that email is not the most efficient way for us to be in touch, particularly during clinical hours, due to the volume of email that arrives. Being available to you is important to me. If you contact me via email and don’t hear back soon enough, please do call me at 845-664-1498, as I am available at that line most of the time, and will return your call within the day under typical circumstances. Thank you. Sending warm wishes to you and yours, Dennis

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Jason Luoma

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Mar 8, 2016, 6:32:24 PM3/8/16
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Hi folks,

These trainings sound awesome, and the online one sounds like a very unique opportunity.

Cued by Dennis, I thought I'd share a training I'm doing next month in Boulder:

http://bouldercbt.com/professionalservices/act-with-compassion-working-with-highly-self-critical-and-shame-prone-clients-using-acceptance-and-commitment-therapy/

Also, we maintain a compassion-focused training event page with all the trainings we know about (it's updated monthly). So consider bookmarking this page if you want to keep abreast of upcoming trainings:


For example, we'll make sure Dennis' events are on there.

Cheers all!
Jason

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