Priority early registration is available only to NASW members until Friday, November 5th.

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Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is a system of psychotherapy developed by Paul Gilbert that integrates techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy with concepts from evolutionary psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, Buddhist psychology, and neuroscience.

According to CFT, the human brain has evolved with at least three primal types of emotion-regulation system: the threat (protection) system, the drive (resource-seeking) system, and the soothing system. CFT emphasizes the links between cognitive patterns and these three emotion regulation systems. Through the use of techniques such as compassionate mind training and cognitive behavioral counselling (CBT), counseling clients can learn to manage each system more effectively and respond more appropriately to situations.

Compassion-focused therapy is especially appropriate for people who have high levels of shame and self-criticism. CFT can help such people learn to feel more safe and warmth in their interactions with others and themselves.

With this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the conceptual framework of CFT and how it differs from other evidence-based approaches such as DBT/ACT/CBT
• Identify compassion-focused strategies to guide clients to regulate mood, calm the inner critic, and develop a compassionate self-concept
• Know how to integrate compassion-focused techniques within a comprehensive integrative treatment plan
• Understand how to adapt mindful compassionate practices to clients' individual needs

NASW-NYC Member: $54 | Other Chapter Member: $68 | Non-Member: $81

3 SW CE Contact Hours

Dr. Reji Mathew, LCSW is a senior clinical social worker with over 15 years of direct clinical treatment experience at the New York University, Counseling & Wellness Student Health Center in college mental health. 

She is a CE and MSW clinical instructor specializing in evidence-based integrative skill therapies – DBT, CBT, ACT, Positive Psychology, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, CFT, Exposure Therapy, and Mindfulness. Dr. Mathew is a frequent instructor at NYU- Washington Square, NYU - SSW, NYU- STAC (St. Thomas Aquinas College), NYU - Sarah Lawrence, and also has taught at Hunter College School of Social Work, and the Brooklyn OHEL Institute for Training.

Dr. Mathew's social justice activism perspective drawn from her work in narrative therapy and narrative journalism. She is a freelance health advocacy journalist and a professional member of ASJA (American Society of Authors and Journalists.)

Dr. Mathew is also working toward certification as a REAT (Registered Expressive Arts Therapist). She is an active expressive arts advocate and maintains a visual arts project on “Positivity, Hope & The Art of Pause.”

Please note that new members take up to 3 business days to transfer information to NASW-NYC's system. Please plan accordingly to allow enough time for registration.

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NASW-NYC is happy to try and fulfill any reasonable special accommodations requests following NYS laws, submitted in writing to workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org at least  fifteen business days prior to the workshop date. Requests received after the deadline may not be able to be processed or fulfilled in time for the event.

NASW-NYC Certificates Policy

As per New York State Continuing Education guidelines, attendees must arrive on time and attend the ENTIRE workshop to receive their Continuing Education Contact Hours. Any attendees who arrive late or leaves early to a workshop will not receive their certificate, is not allowed admittance into the workshop and is also not eligible for a refund in any way. 

Please ensure that your registration information is accurate as this may impact your continuing education certificates.  NASW-NYC is not responsible for the accuracy of your registration information. To receive your certificate of completion, you must be present for the entire webinar and complete an evaluation.

NASW-NYC Refund Policy

All refund requests must be submitted by e-mail to accounting.naswnyc@socialworkers.org. Refund e-mails must include the subject line "Refund Request" as well as the attendee's name, workshop date and title in the body of the e-mail. Valid requests must be received no later than three business days prior to course date. NASW-NYC reserves the right to refuse any refunds requested later than three days prior to the course date.

• All refunds are subject to a 30% administrative processing fee.
• Refund requests typically require 1-2 weeks processing time.
• Refunds ONLY; credit cannot be issued toward a future program date or substituted for another workshop.

If the workshop is cancelled, you will be informed ahead of time and fully refunded.

NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Please be advised that photography, and audio and video recording of participants at NASW-NYC events may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, and video recording (referred to as the “Recordings”) and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction for promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose reasonably related to the mission of the National Association of Social Workers.

You release NASW-NYC, its officers, employees and agents from any liability connected with such use of the Recordings and waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with such use of the Recordings. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by NASW-NYC or the person or entity designated to do so by NASW-NYC.

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For any questions or issues, please contact workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org

NASW New York City Chapter is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0027, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports as an approved provider of CASAC credits #0288.