About this event
Many clients that we work with struggle with feelings of unworthiness and a reluctance to face the parts of themselves that they don’t feel comfortable with. They often battle with a fierce inner critic who constantly bullies and harasses them to do better, and calls them a loser when they can’t manage it.
If we look closely at ourselves though, don’t many of us meet the same unkind and judgemental voice in our own minds? As counsellors and therapists don’t we sometimes feel inadequate to face the problems we are being asked to help solve?
In this 6-week online course we will look deeply into this voice—often referred to as our inner critic—and explore ways of working with it. In order to go into this thoroughly, we will explore what it means to understand suffering as an unavoidable part of life. By recognising common humanity, we can see that most people struggle with the same fears of not being good enough that we do we—struggles that we can learn from and grow through.
Dates:
Week 1, Tuesday March 04, 2025 – 1PM – 3PM
Week 2, Tuesday March 11, 2025 – 1PM – 3PM
Week 3, Tuesday March 18, 2025 – 1PM – 3PM
Week 4, Tuesday March 25, 2025 – 1PM – 3PM
Week 5, Tuesday April 01, 2025 – 1PM – 3PM
Week 6, Tuesday April 08, 2025 – 1PM – 3PM
We’ll consider the importance of practising self-kindness, and learning to support ourselves to grow, rather than beating ourselves up. We’ll examine how mindfulness can help us to see what is actually going on for us, rather than being carried away by our fears.
Many of you will recognise these as being the components of self-compassion—something that is often talked about but that people actually find hard to practice. We’ll look at the reasons why practising self-compassion can be challenging and look into the misconceptions that can arise as a result. We will examine the opportunities that self-compassion offers for deep healing for each of us, while recognising the benefits this has for our relationships with others.
We will learn a series of practices that can be integrated into our everyday schedule as a means of befriending our inner critic and owning self-compassion.
The course is limited to 25 participants to enable each person to contribute fully and work with their own individual self-compassion journey. People will be requested to have their cameras and microphones on and participate in break-out rooms, so that we can all learn from each other and provide sharing and support among the group. If this is not possible for you this time, then there many be further opportunities when the course is repeated.
There will be a workbook for the course, with a new section coming for each session. The course sessions will be recorded and participants will be able to access these after the course.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Understand the concept of the inner critic and the role it plays in feelings of unworthiness and self-doubt.
- Learn techniques for practicing self-compassion as a means of befriending and working with the inner critic.
- Develop the ability to integrate self-compassion practices into daily life to promote deep healing and improve relationships with others.
How will this event affect your practice?
This course will help practitioners understand the inner critic and its role in feelings of unworthiness and self-doubt. By learning techniques for practicing self-compassion and integrating them into daily life, practitioners will be better equipped to help clients recognize and work with their own inner critics. Additionally, the course will give practitioners the opportunity to examine and work through their own inner critic, which will improve their ability to empathize with and support clients in their own self-compassion journeys.
Who is this event for?
This 6-week online course is for counsellors, therapists, and any individuals who struggle with feelings of unworthiness and a reluctance to face the parts of themselves that they don’t feel comfortable with, and are looking to understand and work with their inner critic through self-compassion practices. It is limited to 25 participants to enable an individualized and interactive experience.
RECORDING
There will be a workbook for the course, with a new section coming for each session. The course sessions will be recorded and participants will be able to access these after the course.
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.
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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.
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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