Research suggests that teaching people to develop self-compassion can reduce shame and self-criticism, as well as lead to improvements in their mental wellbeing.

This course will help you to gain an awareness of how we become overly attached to our own self attacking patterns, especially when we are struggling with feelings of great sadness or threat. It will also help to strengthen your ability to be non-judgmentally receptive to events and develop your capacity to be more compassionate.

By the end of this course, you will:

• Have a greater understanding of self-attacking, its role, and its consequences
• Gain an understanding of what compassion is and what it is not
• Think about your own ambivalence to being more compassionate about your struggles
• Have experienced a number of ways which will help you to strengthen your ability to engage in compassion.

Date:  8 September 2023

Times:  10am to 4pm

Venue:  Conference Room 6, The Curve, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL