How to Help Your Clients Forgive Themselves – Maureen Cooper

When we forgive ourselves we allow ourselves to be free of the past and begin to heal and grow. It’s through forgiveness that we make meaning out of our suffering and restore our self-esteem. It’s a chance to tell a new story of who we are but we need to be authentic. We won’t be able to enjoy the peace of forgiving ourselves by faking it. We must endeavour to take an honest look at ourselves and to go through the process.

There are many layers to forgiving ourselves. Being able to acknowledge a mistake, and to attempt to put it right is one level. Feeling that we are unworthy of forgiveness and being steeped in shame for not being perfect is another deeper level.

This two-hour workshop will look into why we find it so hard to forgive ourselves and what we can do about it. We’ll explore the steps we can take to forgive ourselves and to see it as a process of learning, rather than a source of blame. We’ll touch on how shame and the illusion of perfection can prevent us from having a healthy sense of ourselves.

The workshop will be interactive and include talks, video clips, exercise and opportunities for questions. Participants will receive a PDF of quotes, reflections and exercises.

Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event

• To explore how to forgive ourselves from different perspectives

• Understanding how the ability to forgive oneself will impact wellbeing.

• To look at what makes forgiving ourselves difficult.

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

• This workshop is for counsellors, therapists and any individuals who are interested in reflecting and working with forgiveness for themselves and how it benefits wellbeing.

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

• This workshop will help practitioners understand the importance of forgiving ourselves and its role in overcoming feelings of shame and unworthiness. By learning techniques for practicing self-forgiveness, practitioners will be better equipped to help clients recognize and work with their own process of forgiveness for themselves. Additionally, the workshop will give practitioners an opportunity to consider how they work on forgiving themselves, which will improve their ability to empathize with and support clients in their own paths to forgiveness.

RECORDING

This workshop will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM

This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.

https://www.bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/ethics-and-standards/ethical-framework-for-the-counselling-professions/

Maureen Cooper

Maureen is the founding director of Awareness in Action, an organization dedicated supporting people to make sustainable wellbeing part of their lives—through developing clarity, connection and openness.

Drawing on more than thirty years of experience as a professional educator, senior manager in a non-profit organization, an entrepreneur and as an experienced practitioner of Buddhist meditation, she leads Awareness in Action workshops and training programs in the UK and Europe.

Her new book, The Stress Workbook is a groundbreaking effort that brings together the best of modern science and the wisdom of the world’s ancient contemplative traditions into a practical manual for thriving in today’s fast-paced world. Although born in London, UK love took Maureen to Amsterdam, The Netherlands where she lives with her husband.

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