Essentials of Compassion Focused Therapy: A Practice Manual for Clinicians

Author(s) : Nicola Petrocchi, Author(s) : James Kirby, Author(s) : Beatrice Baldi

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Publisher : Routledge
Published : July 2024
Cover : Paperback
Pages : 520
Category :
Individual Psychotherapy
Catalogue No : 97848
ISBN 13 : 9781032565545
ISBN 10 : 1032565543

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This book presents a comprehensive, 12-module transdiagnostic program to deliver Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in group and individual settings.

Offering an accessible step-by-step guide to the essentials of CFT and its application to a range of contexts, this book provides clinicians with clear guidelines to deliver the modules and adapt them to the specific needs of target groups/individuals. Each module focuses on a theme, which is explained through an introductory basic science for the clinician and then developed and explored through psychoeducation for the client, followed by a variety of experiential exercises. Also included are examples of CFT case formulations, therapist scripts, and client handouts. As an additional resource, clinicians are provided access to www.cftmanual.com, an online platform with downloadable support material such as guided audio meditations, videos of brief Yoga sessions, educational videos, and supplementary handouts.

This practice guide will be the authoritative resource in CFT for clinicians, trainers, supervisors, researchers, and clients with previous CFT experience who wish to deepen their practice.

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This book will be quite valuable for clinicians who practice any psychotherapeutic modality. Incorporating compassion-focused techniques is essential for individuals who suffer from undue self-criticism which undermines their sense of well-being.
Judith S. Beck, PhD, President | Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

Research showed compelling data, the clinicians intuitively knew that enhancing compassion could be an essential part of any kind of psychotherapy, but there was one missing piece of the puzzle: a structured, step-by-step guide to CFT. It has been years in the making - and now we have it. It is wonderful. Thank you so much! This book will certainly become a vital resource for any therapist, and any researcher not only in the field of mindfulness-based psychotherapy.
Martin Bohus, MD, Professor of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Heidelberg University, Germany. Former Chair of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany. Editor BPDED President European DBT Association

Compassion Focused Therapy is a unique, evidence-based model of therapy that systematically cultivates the healing resource of compassion. The authors have themselves contributed significantly to the evolution of CFT. In this long-awaited volume, they integrate the key elements of CFT into a well-organized, comprehensive treatment manual. Innovative, practical and inspiring, I hope it lands on the desks of all clinicians!
Christopher Germer, PhD, Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Author, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, co-author of The Mindful Self-compassion Workbook

Cultivating Compassion for the self is a crucial change process. This book will help you help clients cultivate this essential ingredient of healing.
Leslie Greenberg, PhD, is professor emeritus of psychology at York University in Toronto, and also director of the Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic in Toronto

Foreword by Prof. Paul Gilbert
A. Introduction
B. CFT formulations

1. Introduction to Compassion and Tricky Brain
2. Three Types of Emotion
3. Mindfulness
4. Safety and Safeness & Receiving Compassion from Others
5. The Compassionate Self
6. The Multiple Selves
7. Self-Criticism
8. Shame and Guilt
9. Deepening Compassion for the self
10. Compassionate Assertiveness
11. Forgiveness
12. Envisioning a Compassionate Future Appendix (Client handout A and Client handout B)

About the Author(s)

Nicola Petrocchi, PhD, PsyD, is a psychotherapist, researcher, adjunct professor of psychology at John Cabot University (Rome), the founder and director of Compassionate Mind Italia, and an international trainer of CFT.

James Kirby, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and Co-Director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group at the University of Queensland.He is an international trainer of CFT.

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Beatrice Baldi, PhD scholar, is a clinical psychologist, 500H-certified Yoga teacher certified in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, and a trainer in CFT. She has been collaborating for several years with Dr. Nicola Petrocchi in spreading a Compassion-focused approach to yoga.