CFT made simple : a clinician's guide to practicing compassion-focused therapy

CFT made simple : a clinician's guide to practicing compassion-focused therapy / Russell L. Kolts.

Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is extremely effective in helping clients work through painful feelings of shame and self-criticism. However, the theoretical aspects of this therapy-such as evolutionary psychology, attachment theory, and affective neuroscience-can make CFT difficult to grasp. Using...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kolts, Russell L.
Other Authors: Hayes, Steven C., Gilbert, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, 2016.
Series:New Harbinger Made Simple Series.
Subjects:
Emotion-focused therapy.
Compassion > Psychological aspects.
Cognitive therapy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Cognitive therapy
Emotion-focused therapy
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Origins and Basic Themes
  • 2. Introducing Compassion
  • 3. Compassionate Relating: Roles of the Therapist in CFT
  • 4. Compassionate Understanding: How Evolution Has Shaped Our Brains
  • 5. Compassionate Understanding: Three Types of Emotion
  • 6. Compassionate Understanding: The Social Shaping of the Self
  • 7. Compassionate Awareness: Cultivating Mindfulness
  • 8. Committing to Compassion: Working with Self-Criticism
  • 9. Cultivating the Compassionate Self
  • 10. Compassionate Thinking and Reasoning
  • 11. Using Compassionate Imagery
  • 12. Embodying Compassion: Chair Work in CFT
  • 13. Compassionate Integration: Case Formulation in CFT
  • 14. Exploring Affect: The Multiple Selves Practice
  • 15. Riding the Third Wave: Integrating CFT into Your Therapy.

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