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An introduction to compassion focused therapy in cognitive behavior therapy.
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The early origins of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) from within the Cognitive Behavioral tradition (CBT) are outlined in this article, and the importance of affiliative and kind relationships in regulating mental states, point to key processes that underpin mental health difficulties.Abstract:
This article outlines the early origins of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) from within the Cognitive Behavioral tradition (CBT). It will then focus on how our new understanding in the areas of affect regulation systems, and the importance of affiliative and kind relationships in regulating mental states, point to key processes that underpin mental health difficulties—as well as to possible mechanisms for therapy and change. CFT recognizes the huge debt to Eastern psychologies such as Buddhism that have articulated the importance of compassion for our personal and social well-being for thousands of years. However CFT was originally developed for, and with, people who suffer from high levels of shame and self-criticism and who find experiences of support, kindness, and compassion—both from themselves and from others—difficult or even frightening. The article will provide the conceptual background for the articles that follow which focus on the applications of CFT.read more
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Exploring compassion: A meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology
Angus MacBeth,Andrew Gumley +1 more
TL;DR: A systematic search of the literature on compassion and mental health used meta-analysis to explore associations between self-compassion and psychopathology using random effects analyses of Fisher's Z correcting for attenuation arising from scale reliability and found a large effect size.
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Protection or Vulnerability? A Meta-Analysis of the Relations Between the Positive and Negative Components of Self-Compassion and Psychopathology.
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of studies that reported on the positive and negative indicators of self-compassion as indexed by the SCS/SCS-SF and their relations to various types of psychopathology showed that the negative indicators were significantly stronger linked to mental health problems than the positive indicators.
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Compassion: a scoping review of the healthcare literature
Shane Sinclair,Jill M. Norris,Shelagh McConnell,Harvey Max Chochinov,Thomas F. Hack,Neil A. Hagen,Susan McClement,Shelley Raffin Bouchal +7 more
TL;DR: This review identifies the limited empirical understanding of compassion in healthcare, highlighting the lack of patient and family voices in compassion research.
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A Reconsideration of the Self-Compassion Scale's Total Score: Self-Compassion versus Self-Criticism
Angélica López,Robbert Sanderman,Ans Smink,Ying Zhang,Eric van Sonderen,Adelita V. Ranchor,Maya J. Schroevers +6 more
TL;DR: Results from this study do not justify the common use of the SCS total score as an overall indicator of self-compassion, and provide support for the idea, as also assumed by others, that it is important to make a distinction between self-Compassion and self-criticism.
The science of self-compassion.
TL;DR: Self-Compassion as discussed by the authors The three components of self-compassion (Neff, 2003b) • Self-Kindness vs. Self-Judgment: treating self with care and understanding rather than harsh judgment, actively soothing and comforting, supporting and protecting oneself.
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