Compassionate Mind Training for Parents/Carers

What is CMT for Parents/Carers?

Compassionate Mind Training (CMT) will help you develop the skills needed to manage and reduce stress, increase positive feelings and help you learn positive ways to talk to yourself and others.

Who is CMT for Parents/Carers for?

We are inviting parents/carers of young people with a suspected or confirmed neurodevelopmental difference such as Autism, Learning Disability, or ADHD, to join this group. We know that, as well as being very rewarding,  being a parent/carer of a young person with additional support needs can be challenging and stressful.

CMT for parents/carers aims to provide you with the time and space to recognise this and develop the skills to help manage this in a safe and supportive environment.

Does CMT work?

Evidence shows that CMT can help:

• Reduce stress and self-criticism

• Increase self-compassion and compassion for others

• Improve positive emotions and well-being.

Where and when

Compassionate Mind Training (CMT) is an 8-session group which will run weekly in person, with 12 - 15 participants. The groups will be facilitated by two Clinical Psychologists. Each session will involve discussion and practise exercises, PowerPoint presentations, and a break. You will need to be able to commit to attendance at a minimum of 7 sessions to participate.  

The sessions will run at Centre Stage, Kilmarnock from 9.45am – 12pm, every Thursday on the following dates:

24th August

31st August

7th September

14th September

21st September 

28th September 

5th October

12th October