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Clinical tools, research updates and reflections on shame, self-criticism and compassion — 113 posts since 2014.
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June 2016 Shame and Self-Compassion Research Update
Every month, we scour the scientific literature for interesting studies that have practical implications for therapists working with shame, self-criticism, or compassion. Below are a few of…
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June 2016 Tool of the Month
This month’s tool: Guided meditations for highly self-critical and shame-prone clients We have updated our resource page with some of our favorite meditations that we find useful in working…
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May 2016 Tool of the Month - Books for the public
This month’s tool: Books on shame, self-criticism, and self-compassion for the public We have updated our resource page with some of our favorite books on shame, self-criticism, and…
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The Present and Puppies: Using Video to Elicit Flexible Perspective Taking and Compassion
We at ACT with Compassion have been working out how to understand and describe the ways we could use personal perspective taking frames (from relational frame theory ) in our work with…
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May 2016 Shame and Self-Compassion Research Update
Every month, we scour the scientific literature for interesting studies that have practical implications for therapists working with shame, self-criticism, or compassion. Below are a few of…
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Teaching clients to “VOUCH” for themselves: Using perspective taking to facilitate learning in those who are highly self-critical and shame-prone
In an earlier post we wrote about the importance of helping clients identify trustworthy others. How others respond to an individual’s disclosure of feeling shame or self-criticism can have…
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April 2016 Shame and Self-Compassion Research Update
Every month, we scour the scientific literature for interesting studies that have practical implications for therapists working with shame, self-criticism, or compassion. Below are a few of…
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April 2016 Tool of the Month: Video recordings for highly self-critical clients
This month’s tool: Video recordings for highly self-critical clients We have updated our resource page with some of our favorite videos that we find useful in working with shame-prone and…
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March 2016 Shame and Self-Compassion Research Update
Every month, we scour the scientific literature for interesting studies that have practical implications for therapists working with shame, self-criticism, or compassion. Below are a few of…
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March 2016 Tool of the Month
This month’s tool: Recognizing trustworthy others with BRAVING (adapted from Brene Brown): People don’t operate in a vacuum Have you ever worked with a client to change the way she treats…