Hazel McCrystal

Lancaster UK

Format of supervision offered: Individuals, Groups, Online

Overview of CFT training, supervision training and experience:  I am a clinical psychologist, supervisor and trainer specialising in CFT. I have been using CFT in my practice for over ten years, having attended many CFT workshops (including the three day introductory training, advanced clinical skills, CFT approaches to trauma, working with people who hear voices, chair work, compassionate leadership, and compassion focused staff support). I completed a one year postgraduate certificate in CFT at the University of Derby in 2017. I receive monthly specialist CFT supervision, and have done so for the last seven years. I co-founded and co-facilitate a local CFT peer supervision group, which has been running for five years, as well as providing individual CFT supervision for a range of psychologists and therapists. I regularly deliver CFT training to trainee clinical psychologists, and have delivered a range of CFT workshops and training sessions within my NHS trust. I have a particular interest in staff wellbeing and compassion in teams and organisations, having worked in a staff wellbeing service for two years and developing and delivering a range of compassion-focused interventions (at individual, group, and system/organisational level) during this time.

Cannon Hill 4170 Meanjin (Brisbane) Australia

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

Overview of CFT training, supervision training and experience:  I been supervising other helping professionals since 2015 and have been a board approved supervisor since 2018. I have been trained since 2013 by leading expert practitioners and researchers in CFT including Prof Paul Gilbert, Dr Dennis Tirch, Dr Russell Kolts, Dr Chris Irons, Dr Deborah Lee, Dr James Kirby, Dr Marcela Matos and Dr Tobyn Bell. As well as the 3-day Introduction to CFT, which I have both attended and presented, overseas and alongside Prof Paul Gilbert in Australia, I have completed many advanced CFT trainings. Some of the other courses I have completed include but are not limited to: CFT Advanced Skills – Paul Gilbert, Compassionate Supervision: Enhancing Supervision with Compassion-Focused Therapy – Tobyn Bell, CFT for Trauma – Deborah Lee, Complex Cases – Paul Gilbert, CFT and the Therapeutic Relationship – Paul Gilbert. I have attended the 1st Annual Compassionate Mind Summit and Retreat in New York, learning from many leading experts in the field and also presented at the 2nd Annual Compassionate Mind Summit and Retreat in New York. I presented at the Compassionate Mind Foundation UK Conference 2019 and have presented CFT webinars for ANZ ACBS. I have a passion for practitioner self-care and use a compassion focused approach to assist practitioners to consider their own needs whilst working with clients in order to prevent burnout and develop sustainable ways to practice.

Manchester UK

Format of supervision offered: Individuals, Groups, Online

Overview of CFT training, supervision training and experience:  I am an official trainer for the Compassionate Mind Foundation, run the regional peer supervision group in the North-West of England, and have been offering CFT supervision (group and individual) for around fifteen years