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Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy: Mindfulness-Based Practices for Healing and Transformation
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About Self-Compassion In Psychotherapy: Mindfulness-Based
Product Description Applying the art and science of self-compassion to day-to-day therapy work. This lucidly written guide integrates traditional Buddhist teachings and mindfulness with cutting-edge science from several distinct fields―including neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, psychotherapy outcome research, and positive psychology―to explain how clinicians can help clients develop a more loving, kind, and forgiving attitude through self-compassion. The practice of self-compassion supports effective therapy in two vital ways: (1) It helps clients become a source of compassion for themselves; and (2) it helps therapists be happier and generate more compassion for their clients. Researchers now understand that self-compassion is a skill that can be strengthened through deliberate practice, and that it is one of the strongest predictors of mental health and wellness. The brain’s compassion center, which neuroscientists call the Care Circuit, can be targeted and fortified using specific techniques. Filled with illuminating case examples, Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy shows readers how to apply self-compassion practices in treatment. The first two chapters illuminate what self-compassion is, the science behind it, and why it is so beneficial in therapy. The rest of the book unpacks practical clinical applications, covering not only basic clinical principles but also specific, evidence-based techniques for building affect tolerance, affect regulation, and mindful thinking, working with self-criticism, self-sabotage, trauma, addiction, relationship problems, psychosis, and more, and overcoming common roadblocks. Readers do not need to have any background in mindfulness in order to benefit from this book. However, those that do will find that self-compassion practices have the capacity to add new layers of depth to mindfulness-based therapies such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Review "[I]n its integration of Buddhist philosophies with evidence-based scientific findings, this book offers a clear and heartfelt examination of the power of self-compassion in building the resilience needed to cope with suffering and achieve an enduring sense of happiness. Moreover, it comes as a much-needed, kind and gentle reminder for therapists to tend to their own emotional needs in order to provide improved service to their clients." (Somatic Psychotherapy Today) "This book is intended especially for clinicians, but can also be useful for researchers, teachers and students at all levels of expertise. Iheartily recommend it both for clinicians who wish to build the capacity for self-compassion in their clients as well as themselves, andtherefore more deeply integrate mindfulness and psychotherapy, and alsoas a valuable tool for classroom use to facilitate discussions for anyclasses in clinical psychology." (Metapsychology Online Reviews) "[S]elf-compassion and compassion toward others allows us tostrategically empower our clients ― and it also allows us to helpourselves cope with the stressors and duties of the profession. . . .[Desmond] does a good job of providing general tools that therapists can easily incorporate into their sessions." (PsychCentral) "This book is an extraordinarily practical and useful guide to theimportance of self-compassion in psychotherapy. It is also a 'how-to'manual of simple practices that can be used to kindle the development of self-compassion. . . . [Desmond's] wonderful insights, vignettes, andwise teachings . . . will be of great benefit to any clinician whowishes to incorporate compassion practices in his or her work." (Fromthe Foreword by Richard J. Davidson, PhD, Founder of the Center forInvestigating Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison) "This book shows us why self-compassion is at the heart of therapeutichealing, and how to integrate compassion
