The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy.

By Paul Gilbert. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2014

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Kirsten McEwan
2. M. J. Gouveia
3. Miles Richardson
4. Frances A. Maratos
5. David Sheffield
6. Nicola Petrocchi
7. H. Moreira
8. Maria Cristina Canavarro

In Health

1. Kirsten McEwan
2. Miles Richardson
3. Frances A. Maratos
4. David Sheffield
5. Nicola Petrocchi
6. J. Kirby
7. Cassandra L. Tellegen
8. S. Steindl

In Social Psychology

1. Kirsten McEwan
2. J. Kirby
3. Cassandra L. Tellegen
4. S. Steindl
5. Frances A. Maratos
6. Miles Richardson
7. Nicola Petrocchi
8. H. Moreira

Citations in the corpus

• Joy and Calm: How an Evolutionary Functional Model of Affect Regulation Informs Positive Emotions in Nature (2016, methodology): “…is linked to the sympathetic nervous system, and over reliance can increase vulnerability to depression, particularly where individuals are striving to achieve in order to avoid inferiority or when individuals experience failures to obtaining a goal (Gilbert et al. 2007, 2009; Gilbert 2014).”
• A Meta-Analysis of Compassion-Based Interventions: Current State of Knowledge and Future Directions. (2017, positive): “…least six currently empirically supported interventions that focus on the cultivation of compassion (Kirby, 2016): Compas-sion Focused Therapy (CFT; Gilbert, 2014), Mind-ful Self-Compassion (MSC; Neff & Germer, 2013 Pace et al., 2009), Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB; Kemeny et al., 2012), and…”
• Applying the pathways to nature connectedness at a societal scale: a leverage points perspective (2020, background): “This similarity together with emotional bonds underpins humanity’s capacity for co-operation and compassionate helping – something which could offset any destructive tendencies we possess (Gilbert 2014).”
• Self-Compassion Interventions and Psychosocial Outcomes: a Meta-Analysis of RCTs (2019, background): “, decreased heart rate) which enable feelings of safeness, connection, and compassionate motivation (Gilbert 2014; Kirby et al. 2017a).”
• Self-Compassion and Dispositional Mindfulness Are Associated with Parenting Styles and Parenting Stress: the Mediating Role of Mindful Parenting (2016, background): “…it is worthy of note that individuals with higher levels of self-compassion are better able to activate the soothing system of affect regulation (Gilbert 2005, 2014), which may help them better regulate their negative emotions and therefore feel less stressed by the daily challenges of…”
• An Evolutionary Approach to Emotion in Mental Health With a Focus on Affiliative Emotions (2015, background): “Space does not allow us to investigate each of these in detail but we can briefly outline the key elements (see Gilbert, 2009, 2014).”
• The Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis. (2015, background): “Self-compassion is relatively similar to the more general construct of compassion (Neff, 2012; Gilbert, 2014).”
• The impact of gratitude on depression and anxiety: the mediating role of criticizing, attacking, and reassuring the self (2016, background): “…research could experimentally test whether incorporating gratitude exercises into existing compassion-focused approaches, such as Compassion-Focused Therapy (Gilbert, 2010, 2014), could enhance their efficacy in reducing self-aversion (Brach, 2012) and increasing compassionate self-acceptance.”