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Clinical tools, research updates and reflections on shame, self-criticism and compassion — 113 posts since 2014.
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Why is it important to know about shame as a psychotherapist?
My experience is that my most complex, chronic and stuck clients are often laboring under a great weight of shame. I’ve seen how shame leads them to withhold clinically useful information,…
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February 2016 Tool of the Month
Each month we highlight some practical resources for therapists interested in compassion. Our aim here is to provide a brief overview and offer you a few resources where you can find out…
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Doubting the impact of self-doubt
Have you ever felt unsure about how to help a client? Have you felt powerless to change a difficult situation in a client’s life? Have you ever worried that you were doing a client more…
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February 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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January 2016 Tool of the Month: The Self Compassion Scale, Short Form (SCS-SF)
In our previous Tool of the Month posts, we have written about two assessment measures we often give clients who are struggling with shame and self criticism, the Forms of…
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Collaborative Case Conceptualization with Highly Shame-Prone and Self-Critical Clients
Case conceptualization with highly shame-prone and self-critical clients may often be thought of as case re-conceptualization. That is, clients with high degrees of shame and self-criticism…
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January 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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December 2015 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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December 2015 Compassion Tool of the Month
Each month we highlight some practical resources for therapists interested in compassion. Our aim here is to provide a brief overview and offer you a few resources where you can find out…
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Use of I/You Perspective Taking with Highly Self-Critical and Shame Prone Clients
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and its related theory of language and cognition, Relational Frame Theory (RFT), outline three ways of thinking about the self. Self as process refers to…