This is a three days FACE TO FACE workshop that will take place on 12 -14 April 2027 in Belper - Derbyshire.

Registration

This workshop will be 20 hours towards your CPD, and you will receive a certificate of attendance shortly after the workshop.

Timings

All timings are according to UK BST

12th to 14th April 2027

Day 1: 10.00 - 17.00

Day 2: 09.30 - 17:00

Day 3: 09.30 - 16.30‍

Who is it for?

This workshop is for health professionals who are working, or want to work, therapeutically with people with an eating disorder/disordered eating. This workshop is designed to follow the Level 1 CFT for Eating Disorder workshop. Participants should have completed this or an earlier INTRO and have some experience of using CFT with clients.

Venue - Makeney Hall Hotel

Makeney Rd, Milford, Belper DE56 0RS

Pricing

This workshop is priced as follows:

Standard: £499.00

Early Bird : £ 459.00 (ending on the 31th January 2027)

Student rate: £399.00

For those in difficult financial circumstances, who may struggle to afford this price, please contact hello@compassionatemind.co.uk

Above prices includes 3 days workshops wiht refreshements and lunch. Dinner and accommodation are not included.

Accommodation at the venue

Makeney Hall Hotel has accommodation onsite.

Room rate starts from £89 inc VAT per room per night.

To check rates and availabity you can contact them directly:

Tel: 0133 284 5704 (https://telto:%20+44%201332845704/)

Email: Events@makeney.co.uk

About this Course

The workshop will remind clinicians of the principles, philosophy and techniques of CFT-E2 and how these can be used to help people recover from an eating disorder/disordered eating. It will outline the clients journey from assessment to intervention to help decide if CFT -E2 could be helpful for them. Participants will:

· Practice identifying shame and self-criticism

· Learn about CFT-E2 Formulations and how to use them in therapy

· Explore how shame and pride can be addressed during therapy,

· Learn how to help a client expand their capacity for managing the biological, psychological and social challenges of recovery

· Practice key CFT-E2 therapeutic techniques, including soothing and compassionate mind practices.

· Explore how CFT-E2 can implemented in the participants work setting.

The workshop consists of didactic teaching, role plays and the practise of key CFT techniques (such as imagery and breathing exercises). Completion of this training enables partecipants access to post workshop supervision, consultation and Masterclasses.

Day 1

Overview of CFT-E2

Who is CFT-E2 for?

Delivering CFT-E2: Assessment to Intervention

Key psychoeducation information

Day 2

Overview of CFT-E2 skills training.

Developing group or individual therapy rules

Compassionate aims for recovery

Skills for managing emotions in the short term e.g. distraction and help seeking

Three circles formulation and links to eating difficulties

Developing the soothing and drive system

Day 3

Developing the compassionate mind

Meal planning

Therapeutic weighing

The challenges of recovery

Common Fears, Blocks and Resistances and how to address them

Implementing CFT-E2 in your current working environment

All participants will receive a complimentary copy Ken’s most recent book (The Eating Well Workbook: Addressing Overeating using your compassionate mind and links to the Clinician’s Guide to the workbook (Armitage and Goss) and associated written and audio materials to support its use with their clients with overeating difficulties.

Background Reading

Gale, C, Gilbert, P, Read, N., & Goss, K. (2012) An evaluation of the impact of introducing compassion focused therapy to a standard treatment programme for people with eating disorders. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 21, 1-12.

Goss K. (2011) A Compassionate Guide to Beating Overeating: Constable Robinson.

Goss K. & Allan, A. (2010) Compassion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders.

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 3 , pp.141-158

Goss, K. and Allan, S. (2012). An introduction to compassion-focused therapy for eating disorders. In Eating and its Disorders (pp. 303-315). New Jersey, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Goss, K. & Allan, S. (2014) The development and application of compassion-focused therapy for eating disorders (CFT-E). British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53, 62-77.

Goss, K. & Gilbert, P. (2002). Eating disorders, shame and pride: A cognitive–behavioural functional analysis. In, P. Gilbert & J. Miles (eds.). Body Shame: Conceptualisation, Research & Treatment (pp. 219-255). London: Brunner-Routledge.

Goss, K. & Haynes, C. (2022) Compassion Focused Therapy for people with Eating Difficulties. In Downs, J. et al (Eds). The Practical Handbook of Eating Disorders (pp. 255 – 264). Pavilion, West Sussex.

Goss, K. & Kelly, A. (2022) The Role of Shame, Self-Criticism and Compassion Focused Therapy in Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating. In Gilbert, P. & Simos, G. (Eds) Compassion Focused Therapy: Clinical practice and ap

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