The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy

06/12/2025

Mastering Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) Now: A Process Based and Trauma Informed Approach to Practicing Compassion in PsychotherapyDates and Location of this IN-PERSON 2-Day Workshop:IN-PERSON at the Sheraton, New OrleansTuesday, July 15, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.Wednesday, July 16, 2025 f...

05/23/2025

Introduction: Given the significant roles self-criticism and shame can play in the development and maintenance of psychological disorders, several compassion-based treatments, such as compassion-focused therapy (CFT), have been developed in recent years to address shame-based difficulties across a r...

10/16/2024

Struggling with anger? Our latest blog post, Compassion in the Face of Anger, explores how mindfulness and self-compassion can help you manage this intense emotion. Read more here:

When anger becomes loud, it can easily become overwhelming. If we experience anger or have it directed towards us, we might struggle to think clearly, communicate in effective ways, and feel connected to ourselves or others.

08/05/2024

Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.
- Avatar: The Last Airbender

08/02/2024

"When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change" - Thich Nhat Hanh

07/31/2024

One day when we Westerners had been sent to the rear of the temple grounds, as was usual during the day, I decided (for sentimental reasons) to go...

07/30/2024

When you face someone’s insults, hatred, whatever ... look at his soul. Get inside him. Look at what sort of person he is. You’ll find you don’t need to strain to impress him.
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

07/29/2024

We are undoubtedly going to encounter people in our life that we find difficult or who cause us pain. They may even be in our social circles, office places, or families. When these interactions occur, we may try really hard… perhaps too hard… to be “compassionate.” In these efforts, we may even end up tolerating poor treatment under the misguided belief that doing so is an act of kindness or compassion. Many of you reading this may relate intimately to that struggle.

We are undoubtedly going to encounter people in our life that we find difficult or who cause us pain. They may even be in our social circles, office places, or families. When these interactions occur, we may try really hard… perhaps too hard… to be “compassionate.” In these efforts, we may e...

05/17/2024

Check out the third post in Dr. Talya Vogel Geller's "Finding Meaning in Life" series below!

We often get trapped in the belief that there is one singular purpose in life, and not finding or being unsure of it means something is wrong with us. This couldn't be further from the truth. Purpose is a dynamic and ever-evolving concept that can take on different forms throughout our lives.

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We often get trapped in the belief that there is one singular purpose in life, and not finding or being unsure of it means something is wrong with us. This couldn't be further from the truth. Purpose is a dynamic and ever-evolving concept that can take on different forms throughout our lives.

05/15/2024

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05/13/2024

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
- Pema Chödrön

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