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

Kolts, Russell L.

CFT made simple : a clinician's guide to practicing compassion-focused therapy / Russell L. Kolts. - Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (250 pages). - The New Harbinger Made Simple Series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Origins and Basic Themes -- Introducing Compassion -- Compassionate Relating: Roles of the Therapist in CFT -- Compassionate Understanding: How Evolution Has Shaped Our Brains -- Compassionate Understanding: Three Types of Emotion -- Compassionate Understanding: The Social Shaping of the Self -- Compassionate Awareness: Cultivating Mindfulness -- Committing to Compassion: Working with Self-Criticism -- Cultivating the Compassionate Self -- Compassionate Thinking and Reasoning -- Using Compassionate Imagery -- Embodying Compassion: Chair Work in CFT -- Compassionate Integration: Case Formulation in CFT -- Exploring Affect: The Multiple Selves Practice -- Riding the Third Wave: Integrating CFT into Your Therapy.

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 the easy-to-apply tools outlined in this comprehensive guide to CFT, professionals can help clients develop self-compassion and, learn mindfulness skills, and balance difficult emotions for greater treatment outcomes.



9781626253100 9781626253117


Emotion-focused therapy.
Compassion--Psychological aspects.
Cognitive therapy.


Electronic Books.

RC489 / .C486 2016