Compassion Focused Therapy Exercises
Soothing Rhythm Breathing
Here are a few compassion focused exercises that I have recorded in my own voice (mainly because my clients have asked me to record them in a familiar voice).
- Soothing Rhythm Breathing
- Safe Place Imagery
Compassion Focused Therapy Group Exercises
The following exercises are recording from the CFT Group Program developed by Paul Gilbert.
| Module | Module Title | Exercise |
| 1 | Introduction & Tricky Brain | |
| 2 | Three Circles |
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| 3 | Mindfulness & Soothing Rhythm Breathing |
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- Soothing Rhythm Breathing
- Face and Voice Tones
- Safe Place
- Compassionate State
- Compassionate Image
- Compassion Flowing Into Oneself
- Leaves on a stream
- Building our compassionate self (Part 1)
- Building our compassionate self (Part 2)
Stepping Stones to a Compassionate Life
Therapy Game
The Stepping Stones to a Compassionate Life Game is a therapeutic game that allows players to explore what it would be like to engage and put into action the three flows of compassion: compassion to others, compassion from others, and self-compassion. Players will have the opportunity to identify a difficult moment in their life where they would like to be more compassionate and the fears, blocks, and resistances that get in the way of being their most compassionate self.
A self-help book that provides a highly readable overview of compassion focused therapy and a practical workbook to put it into practice.
A comprehensive introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy by the founder of CFT.
An excellent podcast that provides audio and discussion on the key CFT exercises as well as spcific podcasts that dig deeper into various compassion topics.