The Compassion Initiative: Just Two Guys in Brisbane talking Compassion. www.thecompassioninitiative.com.au The Compassion Initiative: Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby
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Welcome to The Compassion Initiative Podcast Series. This Podcast series features Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby, both Clinical Psychologists. Stan and James are the co-founders of The Compassion Initiative. The podcast series is a relaxed informal ongoing conversation between Stan and James about issues related to compassion. You can access and subscribe to the Podcast on our website: www.thecompassioninitiative.com.au
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Attachment and relational trauma and tragedy, with Dr Kate Lucre
Dr Kate Lucre is a Birmingham-based Compassion Focused Therapist and Supervisor specialising in the use of CFT for complex trauma, personality and relational difficulties for groups and individual. She has recently published a paper presenting 12-month outcome data on Compassion Focused Group Psychotherapy (CFGP) for people with personality disorder, and attachment and relational trauma and tragedy.
TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:
Compassion in a T-Shirt: In Session
Lucre et al (2024). Compassion Focused Group Psychotherapy for attachment and relational trauma: Engaging people with a diagnosis of personality disorder. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papt.12518
Lucre and Clapton (2020). The Compassionate Kitbag: A creative and integrative approach to compassion-focused therapy. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papt.12291
Gilbert and Simos (2022). Compassion Focused Therapy: Clinical Practice and Applications. https://www.amazon.com.au/Compassion-Focused-Therapy-Clinical-Applications/dp/0367476908
If you would like to learn more about compassion focused therapy, you can find Dr Stan Steindl's book The Gifts of Compassion here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480
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What's behind shame? An innocent wish to be loved, with Chris Germer
“A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.”
Chris Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and MSC has since been taught to over 250,000 people worldwide. They co-authored two books on MSC, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program.
Chris spends most of his time lecturing and leading workshops around the world on mindfulness and self-compassion. He is also the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion; he co-edited two influential volumes on therapy, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy; and he maintains a small online practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:
Compassion in a T-Shirt: In Session
LINKS:
Dr Chris Germer's webpage
https://chrisgermer.com/
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion webpage
https://centerformsc.org/
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Path-Self-Compassion-Yourself-Destructive/dp/1593859759/
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive
https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Self-Compassion-Workbook-Yourself-Strength/dp/1462526780/
Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals
https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Mindful-Self-Compassion-Program-Professionals/dp/1462538894/
If you would like to learn more about compassion focused therapy, you can find Dr Stan Steindl's book The Gifts of Compassion here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480
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Compassion-based approaches to working with grief, with Darcy Harris
Professor Darcy L Harris currently works at Kings University College/Western University in the Department of Thanatology. Darcy does research in Grief, Bereavement, Non-Death Loss and Grief, and Compassion-based approaches in care settings. She has written and taught extensively in the field, and is doing some wonderful initiatives to integrate grief work with compassion focused therapy.
TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:
Compassion in a T-Shirt: In Session
LINKS:
Compassion-based Approaches in Grief and Loss
https://www.amazon.com.au/Compassion-Based-Approaches-Grief-Darcy-Harris/dp/1032068345
Darcy Harris's range of books on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Darcy-L-Harris/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADarcy+L.+Harris
Recent article: An Exploration of Compassion Focused Therapy for Grieving Individuals
https://www.lidsen.com/journals/icm/icm-08-04-052
Dr Darcy Harris at ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Darcy-Harris-2
If you would like to learn more about compassion focused therapy, you can find Dr Stan Steindl's book The Gifts of Compassion here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480
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Can compassion help narcissism? With Ruth Ann Harpur
Dr Ruth Ann Harpur is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in relationships and issues of narcissism, and helping people and couples to develop compassionate, strong relationships with themselves and each other. She is passionate about how important relationships are in how we navigate the demands and challenges of life, with people often repeating familiar patterns in relationships that may not serve their needs and in ways that seem confusing to us and the people around us. Ruth Ann has a popular YouTube channel that explores these issues, with a particular focus on narcissism, and the effect narcissism can have on a person's life and relationships.
TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:
Compassion in a T-Shirt: In Session
LINKS:
Ruth Ann's website
https://www.ruthannharpur.co.uk/about
Ruth Ann's YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@drruthannharpur
If you would like to learn more about compassion focused therapy, you can find Dr Stan Steindl's book The Gifts of Compassion here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480
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Can we have too much compassion?
Lately I have been receiving some comments on my videos and shorts from people concerned that there is, in fact, too much compassion in the world. Today, we will be trying to answer the question: can we have too much compassion? It's an intriguing thought, and we'll be exploring it through the lens of Compassion Focused Therapy. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:
Compassion in a T-Shirt
LINKS:
Coddling of the American Mind
https://www.amazon.com.au/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897
Tough Love
https://www.amazon.com.au/Tough-Love-Bill-Milliken/dp/B0006BUQZC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3J1RXM87FG50Q&keywords=tough+love+milliken&qid=1706410344&s=books&sprefix=tough+love+millike%2Cstripbooks%2C277&sr=1-1
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Response to Chris Williamson's "toxic compassion" and the role of emotions in compassionate action.
I have been trying out other podcasts lately, just to get a range of inputs into my thinking, and recently listened to Chris Williamson’s Modern Wisdom podcast, Episode #723 — 15 Lessons from 2023.
In that episode, he described how pleased he was to have come up with the concept “toxic compassion”. According to Williamson, “Toxic compassion is the prioritisation of short term emotional comfort over everything else, over truth, reality, actual long term outcomes, flourishing, everything. It optimises for looking good, rather than doing good.”
Today, we're going to delve into the role emotions play in compassion and their profound impact on compassionate decision making and action. There is an intricate and delicate dance between our feelings and the choices we make. And sometimes, believe it or not, our apparent compassion can do more harm than good. But there’s a lot of nuance to this, so, let’s get started!
TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:
Compassion in a T-Shirt
LINKS:
Chris Williamson’s Modern Wisdom podcast
Episode #723 — 15 Lessons from 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDUhSjjUvKI
Seligman et al. (2017). Dental anxiety: An understudied problem in youth.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.04.004
Penney and Kirk (2015). The Health at Every Size Paradigm and Obesity: Missing Empirical Evidence May Help Push the Reframing Obesity Debate Forward.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386524/
Professor Jonathan Haidt’s website
https://jonathanhaidt.com/
Twenge et al. (2022). Specification curve analysis shows that social media use is linked to poor mental health, especially among girls
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822000270
If you would like to learn more about compassion focused therapy, you can find Dr Stan Steindl's book The Gifts of Compassion here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480
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