Clinical Skills in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFTp)

Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 9:00 AM - Thursday, May 7, 2026, 1:00 PM, A Live Webinar

This live, online training in Compassion-Focused Therapy for Psychosis (CFTp) provides advanced instruction in applying CFT principles and interventions in clinical practice. Building on foundational CFT competencies, the program emphasizes the development of compassionate motivation, skills, and behavioral practices that support therapeutic change for individuals experiencing early psychosis as well as those with longer-standing psychotic symptoms. Participants will learn how to implement a range of evidence-informed CFTp interventions, including parts work, voice dialoguing, guided imagery, compassionate letter-writing, and experiential techniques such as role-play, chair work, embodiment, and therapeutic enactment. Clinical demonstrations, case examples, and structured practice opportunities will help clinicians integrate these methods into their ongoing work.

Schedule
April 29, 30 and May 6, 7, 2026
9 am to 1 pm (PST)

To register, please visit https://med.stanford.edu/inspire-training/cft.html

With CME/CEU credit:
Regular $350.00 (until 3/18/26)

No CME/CEU credit:
Regular $300.00 (until 3/18/26)
Student $ 175.00 (until 3/18/26)

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (14.00 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (14.00 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (14.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (14.00 hours)

1. Describe the Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) model and its relevance for people with psychosis.
2. Discuss psychoeducation about evolved brains, with their built-in patterns, emotion systems, and multiple selves.
3. Strategize to create internal cues of safeness (from the body) and external cues of safeness (from the social world)
4. Develop clients’ capacity to cultivate and deepen their compassionate self.
5. Develop techniques to facilitate compassionate relating to self, to others, to voices, and to parts that strongly hold beliefs

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.  

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 14.0 continuing education credits. 

American Psychological Association (APA) 
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. 

Cancellation Policy
We will accept full cancellations up to 7 days prior to the start of the workshop. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected]

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require visual, auditory, cognitive, or mobility accommodations, please contact the CME office.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Aline Rocha
     Title: Training Manager 
     Email: [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
     Email: [email protected]

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.