ONLINE: 4-Part WEBINAR SERIES - CFT and Parenting (May/June 2026)

Registration

This workshop will be 8 hours towards your CPD, and you will receive a certificate of attendance shortly after the workshop.

This workshop will be recorded, and recordings will be available for up to 3 months after the live broadcast for you to watch in your own time.

Timings

All timings are according to UK BST

Session 1, Wednesday 13h May 2026: 09:00hrs - 11:00hrs

Session 2, Wednesday 20th May 2026: 09:00hrs - 11:00hrs

Session 3, Wednesday 27th May 2026: 09:00hrs - 11:00hrs

Session 4, Wednesday 3rd June 2026: 09:00hrs - 11:00hrs

Registration for this webinar is from 08:30hrs each session.

Pricing

This workshop is priced at a flat rate of £135.

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

About this Workshop

Compassion Focused Therapy can make a significant difference in how parents relate to themselves and to their children.

Across this series of 4 webinars you will be introduced to

1) what compassion is and why parenting matters,

2) the theoretical and empirical links between compassion and parenting,

3) how to apply a compassion focused approach to parentings, as well as

4) research evaluations examining CFT and parenting.

Across the webinars there will be times for question and answer, experiential practices and role play exercises.

Session 1

Introduction to what Compassion is and Why Parenting MattersDifferent Parenting PopulationsParenting Practices and AttachmentThe Importance of Warmth

Session 2

Assessing Parenting StylesShame and ParentingIntroducing Compassion Focused Strategies in a Parenting ContextAsking about Self-Compassion in Parenting

Session 3

Emotion Regulation SystemsCo-Regulation with Three CirclesPhysiology and Voice ToneCompassionate-Self to Help with Parenting Challenges

Session 4

Evaluations of CFT Interventions for ParentsEmbodiment of Compassionate-Self & Final TipsQ & A

Workshop Leader

Dr. James Kirby is the Co-Director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group at the University of Queensland. He has broad research interests in compassion, but specifically examines factors that facilitate and inhibit compassionate behaviour. He uses and integrates multi-modal assessment approaches to better understand the mechanisms of engaging and acting in compassionate behaviour (e.g., self-report, physiology, observations, fMRI). He also examines the clinical effectiveness of compassion focused interventions, evaluating how Compassion Focused Therapy helps with self-criticism and shame that underpin many depression and anxiety disorders. James also holds a Visiting Fellowship at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University. In 2022 he authored Choose Compassion, and in 2020 he co-edited Making an Impact on Mental Health. He serves as an Associate Editor for two international journals Mindfulness and Psychology & Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice. He has over 100 publications, been cited 4,750 times, and has an h-index of 32.