Clinical Skills in CFT for Eating Disorders - Level 2

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 [email protected] 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 Email: [email protected] 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 applications. (pp. 519-533) Routledge, Oxon. Marques, C.C, et al. (2023) Online Compassion Focused Therapy for overeating: Feasibility and acceptability pilot study. Eating Disorders 57, 2, pp 221-469. doi.org/10.1002/eat.24118 Goss, K (2025) The Eating Well Workbook: Addressing Overeating using your compassionate Mind. Robinson, London. Workshop Leader : Dr. Ken Goss (D. Clin. Psy), is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years experience of working with people with an eating disorder. He was a student of Professor Paul Gilbert, a founding member of the Compassionate Mind Foundation, and has worked using this approach since the early 1990s. He pioneered the use of Compassion Focused Therapy in the treatment of eating disorders and is the leading expert in this approach. His book ”Overcoming, Overeating, Robinson 2011” was the first to outline this approach. He has provided national and international training and supervision, including for the first Randomised Control Trial of CFT for Eating Disorders.