Compassion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders - Advance Course with Ken Goss

31 October 2022 - 02 November 2022London
  • Eating disorders
From £150
A wooden knife, fork and spoon laid out on a table
In person
Division of Clinical Psychology
DCP Faculty for Eating Disorders

About

This workshop is designed to build upon knowledge introduced in the introductory two day workshop. The workshop will recap on the principles, philosophy and techniques of Compassion Focused Therapy CFT, and how these can be modified and applied to help people recover from an eating disorder. It focuses on a specific approach to eating disorder formulation and treatment (Compassion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders – CFT-E) and evidence that supports its incorporation into mainstream eating disorder treatment.

The workshop consists of didactic teaching, role plays and the practice of key CFT techniques (such as imagery and breathing exercises). It is aimed at health professionals who are working, or want to work, therapeutically with people with an eating disorder.

It is an advanced workshop, and those booking should have completed a two day introductory course in CFT. 

Compassion Focused Therapy and Compassionate Mind Training

Compassion focused therapy is derived from the evolutionary model of social mentality therapy (Gilbert 1989, 1995, 2005a,b, 2007). CFT was developed to help people who frequently experience shame and self-criticism. These factors have been associated with the development and maintenance of a range of mental health problems, and are often difficult to treat using traditional psychotherapeutic approaches.

CFT is a scientific model that draws on many branches of psychology (e.g., developmental social and evolutionary) and neuroscience science. It has a specific formulation model that notes that internal and external experiences can activate our "threat" system. We find various ways to manage these painful emotions and thoughts as best we can. Sometimes this can lead to unintended consequences that can exacerbate our problems and make it even more difficult to manage life’s challenges.

Key to CFT is the idea that we have evolved with a brain and emotional systems that can be very difficult to manage, and that much of the way we respond to the world is not our fault, but our (often automatic) responses to threat. However understanding these responses can help us to take responsibility for the ways we respond to threat, and find new, more adaptive, ways of coping.

CFT is designed to help clinicians develop therapeutic relationships that are most likely to be helpful for people who experience high levels of shame and self-criticism, or who find compassion and receiving care from others (including their therapist) difficult to manage. It is an integrative approach, utilising the wisdom of both Western and Eastern approaches to helping people change. CFT argues that we can be taught to train our minds (Compassionate Mind Training) to help us to experience compassion, develop various aspects of compassion for ourselves and others, improve our abilities to self-soothe and affiliate with others, and to foster the courage and wisdom we need to cope with difficult life events, memories or emotions.

Learning outcomes

Attendees will be able to:

  • Explain the background to CFT
  • Cite the evidence base for CFT
  • Identifying core targets for the individual with an eating disorder
  • Learning how to deliver the CFT protocol to address key elements of eating disorders
Target audience

Clinicians working with adult and adolescent clients with non-underweight eating disorder presentations (including bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and atypical cases). The training is suitable for clinical psychologists, counselling psychologists, clinical associate psychologists, assistant psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, dietitians, nurses, occupational therapists, and other professionals working with eating disorders.

Programme

Day 1

9.00 – Registration

9.30 – 11.00 - Morning session 1

11.00 – 11.15 - Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.30 – Morning session 2

12.30 – 1.30 – Lunch

1.30 – 3.00 – Afternoon session 1

3.00 – 3.15 – Tea Break

3.15 – 4.15 – Afternoon session 2

Closing Comments / Reflections

Day 2

9.00 – 11.00 - Morning session 1

11.00 – 11.15 - Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.30 – Morning session 2

12.30 – 1.30 – Lunch

1.30 – 3.00 – Afternoon session 1

3.00 – 3.15 – Tea Break

3.15 – 4.15 – Afternoon session 2

Closing Comments / Reflections

Day 3

9.00 – 11.00 - Morning session 1

11.00 – 11.15 - Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.30 – Morning session 2

12.30 – 1.30 – Lunch

1.30 – 3.00 – Afternoon session 1

3.00 – 3.15 – Tea Break

3.15 – 4.15 – Afternoon session 2

Closing Comments / Reflections

 

Cost

Registration is available online only. All rates listed are inclusive of VAT at 20%.

  • FED Member: £150
  • BPS Member: £250
  • Non-members: £300

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Dr Ken Goss, (D. Clin. Psy)

Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Head of Coventry Eating Disorders Service

[email protected]

Dr Ken Goss, (D. Clin. Psy), is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Coventry Eating Disorders Service in the UK.

Ken has over 25 years’ experience of working with people with eating difficulties. 

He has published a number of academic papers and book chapters on the role of shame and compassion in eating disorders

He leads an on-going research programme exploring these issues and their relationship with therapeutic practice and outcomes. 

Ken is a regular speaker at national and international conferences,and teaches on several Clinical Psychology Training Courses. He has worked closely with Professor Paul Gilbert (OBE), the originator of Compassion Focused Therapy, for over 20 years. He is a Board Member of, and trainer for, the Compassionate Mind Foundation (www.compassionatemind.co.uk).  

Ken has pioneered the use of Compassion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders (CFT-E).   This treatment program was the subject of an 8 year audit of outcome, which indicated it is an effective treatment for addressing eating disorder symptoms, reducing shame and self-criticism, and developing self-compassion. He currently trains and supervises several NHS specialist eating disorder services in CFT-E.

Ken is the author of The Compassionate Mind-Guide to Ending Overeating: Using Compassion-Focused Therapy to Overcome Bingeing & Disordered Eating (New Harbinger Publications, 2011). This is the first book to outline the CFT approach to disordered eating, and it is currently being evaluated for its clinical efficacy as a guided self-help program.

If you are interested in collaborative research, training or supervision, Ken can be contacted at [email protected].

Location

The British Psychological Society

30 Tabernacle Street

London

EC2A 4UE

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