learn to take criticism

...I am under a lot of pressure to take criticism well.
I have started the practical component of my Masters to become a speech and language pathologist – every session plan and progress note I write is marked and changes suggested. Every minute of my sessions is watched by my supervisor to help me with my in-clinic skills!
It’s a scary way to learn being scrutinized so carefully but will be well worth it.
We’ll see how I go!

...from others, i’m getting a lot better at, and learning to learn from it and bounce off it.
Criticism from myself i’m busily trying to allieviate (i’ve made some progress with some self-directed CBT programs lately; books and tutorials availiable online).
But criticism from my family still cuts me down everytime. My dad is the most critical person in my life, and because he’s family i take it all personally. These days most of what he says is not constructive criticism but just vindictive. I’m trying really hard to understand that it’s not necessarily about me when he can’t be positive, and that he has his own issues to deal with. But it’s tough. I’m so used to him ostracising me it’s kind of a cycle by now.
I’m thinking about getting some counselling over this – my self esteem is so much better these days but the fact that it can dissapear when i’m around him, doesn’t seem very stable or healthy and it seems very large to be dealing with by myself, unguided…