Compassion Focused Therapy for Neurological Conditions

Author(s)
Ashworth, Fiona
Murray, Clara
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
<p>The key aim of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is to support clients to develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves and others in light of their suffering. CFT is an integrated biopsychosocial and multimodal approach to psychotherapy that draws from evolutionary, Buddhist, developmental and social psychology and neuroscience. CFT combines emphases on social psychology, positive psychology, evolutionary theory and neurophysiological models of affect regulation to understand our emotional experiences. Fundamental to CFT is research that shows that this system is linked to feelings of a sense of 'peaceful wellbeing' and is often referred to as the soothing-contentment system. CFT fits well within a neurorehabilitation approach in that it can be structured well according to the client’s needs. CFT is a relatively new approach with clients with neurological conditions so it is hard to determine what, if any length of intervention may be most effective and individual differences play a vital role in this decision making.</p>
Citation
Psychological Therapies in Acquired Brain Injury, p. 75-94
ISBN
9780429506796
9781138581241
9781138581265
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Language
en
Publisher
Routledge
Series
Current Issues in Neuropsychology
Edition
1
Title
Compassion Focused Therapy for Neurological Conditions
Type of document
Book Chapter
Entity Type
Publication

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