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The compassionate mind workbook : a step-by-step guide to developing your compassionate self

Irons, Chris

The compassionate mind workbook : a step-by-step guide to developing your compassionate self - London : Robinson 2017 - xix, 374p.

Section I: Why we need compassion – Section II: Understanding compassion – Section III: Building capacity: developing the foundations for our compassionate mind – Section IV: Developing our compassionate mind – Section V: Directing our compassionate mind: compassion as flow – Section VI: Developing the skills of our compassionate mind – Section VII: Putting our compassionate mind to work with common difficulties – Section VIII: Looking forward: sustaining our compassionate mind.

This practical workbook is for anyone with an interest in how compassion can help us understand and try to alleviate suffering. It borrows ideas from Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and Buddhist practices.
There is good and increasing evidence that cultivating compassion for one's self and others can have a profound impact on our physiological, psychological and social processes. In contrast, concerns with inferiority, shame and self-criticism can have very negative impacts on these processes and are associated with poorer physical and mental health.

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Compassion, psychological aspects
Psychotherapy
Self-concept

WM 420.