| CFT Made Simple: A Clinician's Guide to Practicing Compassion-Focused Therapy Contributor(s): Kolts, Russell L. (Author), Gilbert, Paul (Foreword by), Hayes, Steven C. (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 1626253099 ISBN-13: 9781626253094 Publisher: New Harbinger Publications OUR PRICE: $49.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Clinical Psychology - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling - Psychology | Movements - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (cbt) |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| Series: New Harbinger Made Simple |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8" W x 9.9" (1.10 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the first time ever, CFT Made Simple offers easy-to-apply tools to help clients develop self-compassion, learn mindfulness skills, and balance difficult emotions for greater treatment outcomes. Created by world-renowned psychologist Paul Gilbert, 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. This book provides everything you need to start implementing CFT in practice, either as a primary therapy modality or as an adjunctive approach to other therapies, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and more. CFT has unique strengths, and is especially effective in helping clients work through troubling thoughts and behaviors, approach themselves and others with greater compassion and kindness, and feel safer and more confident in their ability to handle life's challenges and difficulties. This book articulates the theoretical basis of the therapy in simple, easy-to-follow language, and offers practical guidance and strategies on how to tailor your CFT approach to specific client populations. As a clinician interested in the benefits of CFT but wary of the dense theoretical principles that lay behind it, you need a user-friendly guide that will let you hit the ground running. CFT Made Simple is that guide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gilbert, Paul: - Paul Gilbert, PhD, is world renowned for his work on depression, shame, and self-criticism, and is developer of compassion-focused therapy (CFT). He is head of the mental health research unit at the University of Derby, and has authored or coauthored numerous scholarly articles and books, including The Compassionate Mind, Mindful Compassion, and Overcoming Depression.Kolts, Russell L.: - Russell L. Kolts, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Eastern Washington University, where he has taught for the past seventeen years. Kolts has authored or coauthored numerous books and scholarly articles, including The Compassionate-Mind Guide to Managing Your Anger, and has pioneered the application of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) to the treatment of problematic anger. An internationally recognized expert in CFT, he regularly conducts trainings and workshops on compassion and CFT, and has appeared in his own TEDx Talk.Hayes, Steven C.: - Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. An author of forty-one books and more than 575 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering, and has developed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)--a powerful therapy method that is useful in a wide variety of areas. |