4. Sustain the Change

Inner Critic Work: Turning Insight into Lasting Change

From Insight to Lasting Change

Changing our relationship with the inner critic is rarely a one-off intervention. The critical voice may reappear during periods of stress, uncertainty, transition or perceived failure, making it important for therapeutic work to extend beyond insight and individual techniques.

This final two-hour CPD workshop brings together the learning from the three previous workshops and focuses on turning awareness into sustainable change. Participants will explore how to help clients identify their individual inner-critic patterns, recognise progress, anticipate setbacks and develop an ongoing plan for responding differently when self-criticism returns.

Through reflection, case formulation and practical planning exercises, practitioners will consider how to consolidate therapeutic gains, strengthen self-compassion and support clients in developing a more flexible and supportive inner dialogue.

The workshop will also invite practitioners to reflect on how they can integrate work with the inner critic into their existing therapeutic practice rather than treating it as a standalone intervention.

The final stage of the Taming the Inner Critic journey is therefore about sustaining the change — helping clients carry their learning forward, respond differently when the critic returns, and continue developing a more flexible and supportive relationship with themselves.

The journey across the series

UNDERSTAND IT

Inside the Inner Critic

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WORK WITH IT

Practical Therapeutic Strategies

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RESPOND WITH COMPASSION

From Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion

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SUSTAIN THE CHANGE

From Insight to Lasting Change

Taming the Inner Critic:

Understand it → Work with it → Respond with compassion → Sustain the change

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