Confronting the Inner Critic
A Guided Meditation Workshop for Working Through the Inner Critics
Half-day Online Meditation Workshop- Date: Saturday, 3rd Feb 2024
- Instructor: Cedric Reeves
- Cost: Sliding scale $30 ~ $120
Join us for this workshop where we will seek to understand our inner critics and then process and even confront the experiences that brought about the inner critics. These critics can manifest as demanding parent, punitive parent, and guilt-inducing parent voices.
The intended outcome is to have greater freedom from these introjects (negative attitudes of others that we unconsciously adopt).
Who is this for?
- Anyone who has experienced excessive criticism from others, habitually puts themselves down for their mistakes, or struggles with attachment related issues.
- Suitable for anyone new to attachment-work, or is already experienced.
- People with Insecure Attachment.
- For anyone who is willing to do the work to get results.
Format
- Program: 3 sessions of 90 minutes each.
- Live Online Sessions: The live sessions will be hosted on Zoom. An email with the zoom links will be sent to you after you have registered.
- Q&A: There will be opportunity to ask questions during the Q&A section.
Attendance & Recordings
- Partial attendance is fine - however you get best results if you attend all sessions.
- Late Starts: You can join even after it has started.
- View at your own pace: The event will be recorded and sent out to registered participants for viewing on your own schedule.
Event Date & Time
3rd Feb 2024
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+12h
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workshop Overview
This program is suitable for beginners to meditation and healing work.
This program focuses on encountering the sources of our internalized critical voices and confronting them. These can be events from childhood, people in our lives, or beliefs we have about the world. In confronting them we will practice chair-work (parts-work) on each voice, and use Schema Repatterning Meditation (SRM) as a way to heal and integrate.
SRM, the main technique that we’ll use, is influenced by Jeffrey Young’s Schema Therapy approach, Dan Brown and David Elliot’s Ideal Parent Figure Protocol (IPF), and Bruce Ecker’s Coherence Therapy.
Meditations
We’ll do guided meditations that address the three types of critical voice:
- Demanding Parent
- Punitive Parent
- Guilt-inducing Parent
These will include:
- Chairwork on demanding parent voice
- SRM on demanding parent voice
- Chairwork on guilt-inducting parent voice
- SRM on guilt-inducting parent voice
- Chairwork on punitive parent voice
- SRM on punitive parent voice
Miscellaneous Notes
There will be time for Q&A and spot coaching during the live event. The Q&A recording will not be made available thereafter. If you do not attend live, you will not have access to the Q&A.
We will be doing deep work. For that reason please feel free to take a break at any point.
Walking Meditation
There will be a few breaks for walking meditation, and brief instructions will be given.
Who is this for?
This program is for those of us who...
- Are looking to improve our psychological health, especially those who have tried other healing modalities with disappointing results.
- Have problems with exploration and self development, relationships and emotional regulation
Healing Together
Shared interest and social support can make meditation practice, study, and healing much easier. Make friends in the course on the slack channel and invite friends who you think could benefit to participate in the course.
Benefits
These are some of the benefits you will have by the end of the program
Theoretical Understanding
- Better understanding of the inner critic, which “is an aspect of every psychological disorder” (Scott Kellogg)
- Greater understanding and compassion for psychological problems and vulnerabilities that affect you and others.
Psychological
- Better able to stay grounded when experiencing inner criticism.
- Less identification with your psychological maladies and quirks (ego-dystonia with your maladaptive schemas).
- Less blame of self or others.
- Greater acceptance of yourself and your needs.
Support Structure
- Opportunities to find accountability partners to meditate with
- A sense of camaraderie as a result of seeing how our psychological difficulties are rooted in common experiences that affect us all.
- Slack group with which to discuss and share experiences and consolidate what you are learning
Frequently Asked Questions
About Participation
Payment Questions
Technical Questions
If you are experiencing any technical issues relating to accessing the material or live sessions, please get in touch with us. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
We can be reached with our online contact form.
Testimonials
This is what participants of prior workshops have to say:
M.
Thank you for this beautiful retreat. Feels like this is what I needed in the moment.
J.
Cedric I would just like to say thanks for your wisdom and knowledge of attachment issues and repair. The work you are doing really helps me and I have never come across anything as transformative for me as your meditations. Thank you so much.
J.
Great retreat, thank you so much Cedric. There is something special about Tonglen and using it with the schemas feels so healing. I feel hopeful and inspired to keep working with Tonglen.
Dani
Thank you for continuing to make these classes. When I am able to attend, they make a really positive contribution to my mental health :)
Registration
Registration has closed.
Please note: What is on offer here is meditation coaching, not psychotherapy or counseling.