Compassion Focused Therapy

This course is designed for mental health and health professionals, as well as coaches and educators who want a structured, evidence-based approach to working with self-criticism, shame, and trauma. It’s ideal for psychologists, therapists, counselors, psychiatrists, and other clinicians who wish to help clients develop greater emotional balance and resilience through compassion-focused methods.

This self-paced course features beautifully produced video lessons with Paul Gilbert and Dennis Tirch. You’ll see rich therapy demonstrations and experiential guidance that bring the CFT model to life. Alongside expert teaching, you’ll have access to downloadable resources and practice guides, with 12 months to explore and revisit the material at your own pace.

No prior training is required. This course provides a comprehensive foundation for beginners and a valuable refresher for experienced clinicians. Whether you are new to CFT or already familiar with compassion-based methods, you’ll gain practical guidance and clinical insight from the approach’s founder and a leading trainer.

Yes. Compassion Focused Therapy is designed to complement rather than replace other evidence-based approaches. Many clinicians integrate CFT principles into CBT, ACT, DBT, and psychodynamic work, using compassion as a guiding process for change.

Grounded in psychological and physiological science, CFT helps therapists bring warmth, courage, and care into the methods they already use, enhancing therapeutic presence, strengthening the alliance, and deepening emotional work across a wide range of client presentations.

This course offers a downloadable Certificate of Completion you can use to show your professional development boards. CE/CME credits are also available for completing this course - please check the learner notification to view the relevant accrediting bodies.