Facing life's difficulties with compassion and courage | Elli Tholouli

"I'm trying to help people connect with their caring part, their caring motivation. 'I want to try this because it is going to help me, or help me to be with others,' rather than, 'I need to get rid of my anxiety.'" Elli Tholouli is a psychologist specializing in compassion focused therapy and compassionate mind training at www.compassioncentre.gr in Athens, Greece. She is an active member of the Compassionate Mind Foundation, as well as the International Center for Compassionate Organizations, and she is a Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Quality Research in Psychology and Health at Athens University and teaches Compassion in Education at Harokopio University. Her purpose is to support people to feel accepted and safe, to understand their difficulties as part of the human experience, and to face them with compassion and courage. This episode was first aired on YouTube on 21 March 2021, and is posted here after I recently presented a webinar for Elli as part of her Greek Centre for CFT Introduction to CFT workshop. Check out Elli's CFT training opportunities at her website below.Time Stamps: 3.34 Tell us a bit about yourself, your work, your life. 10.43 Tell us about your journey into compassion and self-compassion. 22.47 How do you use compassion focused therapy in your work? 27.28 Tell us about your compassion focused work alongside other therapies. 33.10 What are some of the challenges you face working as a CFT Therapist? 41.07 What are some of the things you really love about CFT, the success or triumphs? 46.18 How have compassion and self-compassion made their way into your personal life? 50.51 What are three tips you would offer others who are making their way on their own compassionate journey? 53.01 How can people find you and engage with you and your work? Website: www.compassioncentre.gr Social Media: Facebook: Elli Tholouli, CFT Athens Twitter: @etholouli Events and Activities: CFT training for Therapists CMT for therapists and general public CFT peer support and supervision group