The Compassionate Mind (Compassion Focused Therapy)

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Drive, seeking and acquisition focused system: pay attention and notice advantageous resources, experience drive and pleasure in securing them (positive system is activating). [8] a b c d e Beaumont, Elaine; Bell, Tobyn; McAndrew, Sue; Fairhurst, Helen (2021-03-16). "The impact of compassionate mind training on qualified health professionals undertaking a compassion‐focused therapy module". Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 21 (4): 910–922. doi: 10.1002/capr.12396. ISSN 1473-3145. Gilbert, P. (1993). Defence and safety: Their function in social behaviour and psychopathology. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 32, 131-153. distress and dysfunction may arise from problematic inputs into the emotion regulation systems (e.g., being made homeless, being trapped in an abusive relationship) or because of dysregulation of the systems (e.g., poorly developed self-soothing abilities); Gilbert, P. (2005b). Social Mentalities: A biopsychosocial and evolutionary reflection on social relationships. In, M.W. Baldwin (ed). Interpersonal Cognition. (p.299-335). New York: Guilford.

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It does contain worksheets for anyone interested in carrying out compassion exercises but the exercises are scattered throughout the book and it would be difficult to devise a programme as there are so many of them. Gilbert, P. (1984). Depression: From Psychology to Brain State. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates In 1993 Gilbert was made a fellow of the British Psychological Society for his contributions to psychological knowledge and was president of the British Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy in 2003. He served on the government's National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for depression. [5] By 2011 Gilbert had published and edited 21 books, over 100 academic papers and 50 book chapters. [6] In addition Professor Gilbert is currently editor for the "Compassionate Approaches to Life Difficulties" book series. [7] Gilbert sits on the Emotion, Personality and Altruism Research Group at the Wright Institute (1992 – present) and is Visiting Professor at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and the University of Coimbra (Portugal). How the three-affect regulation system (threat awareness & coping, reward & resource seeking, and contentment & soothing) forms complex patterns within the mind a b Leaviss, J; Uttley, L (2015). "Psychotherapeutic benefits of compassion-focused therapy: an early systematic review". Psychological Medicine. 45 (5): 927–945. doi: 10.1017/S0033291714002141. PMC 4413786. PMID 25215860.Goss, K., Gilbert, P. & Allan, S. (1994). An exploration of shame measures: I: The ‘other as shamer’ scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 713-717. We are a species that has evolved to thrive on kindness and compassion. The challenge is to recognize the importance of kindness and affection and place them at the center of our relationship with ourselves, with others, and the world." Threat and self-protection focused system: evolved to alert and direct attention to detect and respond to threats. This system contains threat-based emotions (anger, anxiety, disgust), and threat-based behaviors (fight/flight, freezing). [8]

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a b c d e f g h Gilbert, Paul; Irons, Chris (2015). "Compassion Focused Therapy". The beginner's guide to counselling and psychotherapy. Palmer, Stephen, 1955- (2nded.). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications. pp.3–5. ISBN 9780857022349. OCLC 905565554. Gilbert, P. (1998). What is shame? Some core issues and controversies. In, P. Gilbert & B. Andrews, (eds) Shame: Interpersonal Behavior, Psychopathology and Culture. (pp 3–36). New York: Oxford University Press. a b Heriot‐Maitland, Charles; Levey, Valerie (August 2021). "A case report of compassion‐focused therapy for distressing voice‐hearing experiences". Journal of Clinical Psychology. 77 (8): 1821–1835. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23211. ISSN 0021-9762. It has some good facts and interesting theories but it is the most repetitive book I have ever read or listened to. Using CFT enriches the compassion-based soothing system, while withdrawing from the threat-focused emotional regulation system. In turn, this will augment the ability to activate (drive) and work towards valued goals. [6] :11 Applications [ edit ]Compassion-focused therapy is especially appropriate for people who have high levels of shame and self-criticism and who have difficulty in feeling warmth toward, and being kind to, themselves or others. [1] CFT can help such people learn to feel more safeness and warmth in their interactions with others and themselves. [1]