The Compassionate Mind
Paul Gilbert · 2009
About the book
Paul Gilbert's introduction to compassion-focused therapy for a general reader: how the threat, drive and soothing emotion systems work, and how to train a compassionate mind with exercises.
When it helps in practice
When you want to understand the model behind compassion-focused therapy, or to give a client a readable account of why self-criticism and shame are so hard to shift.
Who to suggest it to
A client with strong self-criticism or shame who can read about their own mind without feeling attacked. Start with a few chapters and discuss the exercises in session, since compassion practices can feel uncomfortable at first.
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