Hazel McCrystal

148 High St, Banstead, SM7 2NZ

Format of supervision offered: Individuals, Groups, Organisations, Online, In Person

Overview of CFT training, supervision training and experience:  Compassion Focused Therapy is a central part of my clinical practice. I have completed specialist training in Compassion Focused Therapy through the Compassionate Mind Foundation and continue to deepen my practice through ongoing training and supervision within compassion-focused approaches. Alongside my private practice, I work within NHS Talking Therapies where I am part of a Community Trauma Clinic supporting people who have experienced complex life adversities, including experiences such as childhood abuse, exploitation, and displacement. Within my NHS role I have also facilitated group supervision for therapists delivering Compassion Focused Therapy groups, supporting clinicians to reflect on formulation, develop confidence in compassion-based practices, and think together about the challenges that can arise when working with shame and self-criticism. I also work as an associate therapist with Balanced Minds, delivering Compassion Focused Therapy within their service. In my clinical work Compassion Focused Therapy often provides the central framework. Where helpful, I also draw on CBT, trauma-informed approaches, and EMDR, using compassionate formulation and compassion-based practices to support change. Supervision offers a space to think together about the clinical work, including the moments that can feel uncertain, stuck, or emotionally demanding. I continue to deepen my practice through regular clinical supervision and ongoing professional development within compassion-focused therapy.

Portugal

Format of supervision offered: Individuals, Groups, Organisations, Online, In Person

Overview of CFT training, supervision training and experience:  2025 A Compassion Focused Approach to Psychosexual Problems [Jane Vosper, Michael Yates & Stuart Gibson] – 8 horas. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] Supervisory Relationships in Compassion Focused Therapy [Kate Lucre] – 2 dias. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] Clinical Supervision and Compassion Focused Therapy [Paul Gilbert] – 2 dias. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision in Compassion Focused Therapy [Wendy Wood] – 2 dias. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] 2024 Compassion Focused Therapy and Parenting [James Kirby] – 8 horas. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] 2023 Compassion Focused Therapy for Anger Management [Russell Kolts] – 8 horas. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] Compassion Focused Therapy for Relationships and Couples [Michaela Thomas] – 1 dia. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] Compassion Focused Therapy: Advanced Clinical Skills [Paul Gilbert & Andrew Rayner] – 3 dias. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] Compassion Focused Therapy for Grief [Darcy Harris] – 8 horas. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] CFT & working with Dissociation & dissociative disorder [Andrew Rainer] - 8 horas. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] 2022 Why wait 'till Adulthood? Application of CFT with Children, Young People and their Families [Mary Welford] – 2 dias. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] Integrating Motivational Interviewing with CFT [Stan Stiendl] - 8 horas. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] An Introduction to Theory & Practice of Compassion Focused Therapy [Tobyn Bell & Ashleigh McLellan] - 3 dias. [Compassionate Mind Foundation, United Kingdom] I have been working with CFT since 2017, with supervised clinical practice. I have been a team member on a few research projects on CFT interventions for several populations, and in doing so have acted as therapist, evaluator, rater, and took part in translating CFT manuals. Since then I’ve also been supervising MSc students working with CFT in hospital settings.

Antibes France

Format of supervision offered: Individuals, Groups, Online, In Person

Overview of CFT training, supervision training and experience:  I am both clinical and pastoral counselor, and a psychodynamic psychotherapist, and I work as a private practitioner, first responder and supervisor. I started training in 2006 at the Institute of Counselling in Glasgow specialising in Couples and Family issues, Grief and Bereavement, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. I then continued with courses related to Couples and Family issues and Traumas at TCCR, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, followed by training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the University of Essex and pursued more studies at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. I completed a post-graduate psychotherapy degree at the psychiatric at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 / CHU hospital Vinatier in Lyon and continued with residential and summer schools at TCCR to further her experience in relationships and families. In 2017 I was introduced to CFT by Chris Irons and throughout the years I have continued my training in CFT, which I now essentially apply in therapy. I facilitate the online European CFT peer support and intervention group. Training: Basic Skills in CFT and Advanced Clinical Skills in CFT training by Chris Irons and Professor Paul Gilbert, Compassion Focused Therapy for Groups with Kate Lucre, CFT and Depression, Application Pratique with D.F. Gheysen and Prof P. Gilbert, Developing CFT and Complex cases by Prof. Paul Gilbert, Developing as a Clinical Supervisor for CFT therapists. Experience: I have been in private practice since 2011 and have been working with CFT since 2018, also in group settings.