The Compassionate Mind (Compassion Focused Therapy)

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These are the Threat Response system that drives self protective behaviour, the Incentive Resource focussed system that drives our desire to seek out rewards and the Safe / Affiliative system that allows for comfort and soothing.

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At a more complex level, mental illness and criminality are woven from complicated genetic, social mentality and cultural/social interactions.Knowing more about emotions and human functioning helps us understand ourselves and others better, and just perhaps it will allow you to start cutting yourself some slack and treating yourself with the same kindness and respect as you would others. If you haven't already explored the concepts of mindfulness and self compassion this may be a good fit, it has many mindfulness exercises in the second half.

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There’s also growing evidence that fostering cooperative attitudes and behaviours in children and adolescents (in contrast to competitive and individualistic ones) promotes positive relationships, improved mental and physical health and higher achievements. A key problem with a sense of self and self-awareness is that just about any problem can become linked to it. This book offers a cognitive behavioral therapist's perspective on compassion and exercises to rewire the brain "neurons that fire together wire together" for a happier, kinder, gentler, warmer (less angry and anxious), approach to life.I'm positive that the book could be reduced down to about 150ish pages and would still achieve the same goal. Paul Gilbert doesn't trivialize the challenges of compassion or shy away from discussing true injustices in the world. I found the first part of the book helped me put some of my experiences into a more rational and compassionate perspective. It talks about our under developed self soothing system in the west, which is exacerbated if you were not given a lot of this in your early years. We can open our eyes to the ease with which we can become deluded and not see the realities we are creating around us – through no fault of our own.

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Rather our thoughts can be directed towards what we need to do to see these as often ‘normal though undesirable’ aspects of our minds while at the same time making an effort to change our brain-state patterns to ones more conducive to acceptance, contentment and well-being.It is one of several approaches that provide an underlying theoretical structure for the concept of well-being. I find it amazing that so many of the desires that flow through me, and indeed all of us, were designed not only long before me but long before all humans. A really refreshing look at very simple concepts with interwoven complexities, and how we can all seek to better know and understand ourselves. I am so excited to be part of the CFT community and keen to spread the word with clients and colleagues!

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g. seeing what you did well and then considering learning points) • Includes a high fear of failure • Focuses on attributes and specific qualities of self • Increases chances of avoidance and withdrawal.Rather the question she wanted me to ask myself was ‘How can I be the best young, inexperienced therapist I can be, given my limitations? A deciding factor in whether to give a five star review is: has this booked changed my outlook on life to a significant degree? This helpful and thoughtful guide to living a compassionate life - for yourself and for others - will be a reminder for many of us that we are all human but that we need to be more humane toward our own troubled selves. For example, with more compassionate attention and thinking, we might increase our feelings and motivations to be caring; or practising compassionate attention and thinking might increase our empathy and reduce our condemning tendencies. I admired this book because it balanced a progressive political agenda with the day to day practice of mindfulness.