A Clinician's Guide to Compassion Focused Group Therapy for the Severely Mentally Ill [Paperback]

This manual provides clinicians with guidance to conduct Compassion Focused Group Therapy with patients suffering from severe forms of mental illness.

1 Introduction, Compassion, and Tricky Brain 

2 Three Systems of Emotion

3 Attention Training and Mindfulness

4 Feeling Safe and Receiving Compassion from Others

5 The Compassionate Self

6 The Nature of Multiple Emotions and Finding Balance

7 Self-Criticism

8 Shame and Guilt

9 Deepening Compassion for the Self 168

10 Compassionate Assertiveness

11 Forgiveness

12 Envisioning a Compassionate Future

Appendix A References

Appendix B Full Jordan Example

Index

This manual provides clinicians with guidance to conduct compassion focused group therapy with patients suffering from severe forms of mental illness.

Historically, those suffering from severe forms of mental illness face a myriad of biological, psychological, and social challenges, particularly shame and self-criticism. Compassion focused therapy is known to combat and address this suffering. This manual connects rich biological, psychological, and social theory with empirical findings and lived clinical experience. Comprising 12 modules, this clinicians guide presents psychoeducation in conjunction with intrapersonal/interpersonal exercises and process-oriented instructions to aid trelÓ%