The Compassionate Mind
A New Approach to Life's Challenges
$27.62
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2013
Summary
Throughout history, people have sought to cope with a life that is often stressful and hard. We have actually known for some time that developing compassion for oneself and others can help us face up to and win through hardship and find a sense of inner peace. However, in modern societies, we rarely focus on this key process that underpins successful coping and happiness and can be quick to dismiss the impact of modern living on our minds and well-being. Instead, we concentrate on ‘doing, ach…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849010986 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849010986 |
| Author: | Paul Gilbert, Prof Paul Gilbert |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 494g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 201mm x 41mm |
| Series: | Compassion Focused Therapy |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A landmark book
As somebody who suffers from severe depression, I know the depressive’s harshest critic is themselves. It is never helpful to be told to pull ourselves together by others but saying it to ourselves leads us in only one direction - into a spiralling descent into despair. This wise and perceptive book teaches us self-compassion and the consolations of kindness. I recommend it all the time. - Sally Brampton, author of Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression and the Aunt Sally column in The Sunday Times
The increasing drive to find a competitive edge in all aspects of our lives may create efficiencies but they are cold, heartless and unpleasant to live with. Gilbert shows how and why this occurs, and explains why our capacity for compassion is the antidote.A timely book for a time when competitiveness, materialism and narcissism have failed us. This book provides timeless wisdom that you can use every day. It will make a wonderful gift for someone you care for - especially, if you give it to yourself.Fascinating … thoughtful and well written … this book is a resource to be owned and used with enjoyment - Nursing StandardA challenging and useful addition to anyone’s self-help shelf, as well as a refreshingly rigorous look behind why our brains work the way they do. In fact, this is a self-help book for people who don’t like self-help books. - ONEinFOUR magazineImportant and enjoyable. - The PsychologistA landmark book - The Scientific and Medical NetworkInteresting and helpful. - Mental Health PracticeAbout The Author
Paul Gilbert
PAUL GILBERT is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Derby and, until his retirement from the NHS in 2016, was consultant clinical psychologist at the Derbyshire Health Care Foundation Trust. He has researched evolutionary approaches to psychopathology for over 40 years with a special focus on the roles of mood, shame and self-criticism in various mental health difficulties for which compassion focused therapy was developed. He has written and edited many books on psychology, therapy, and compassion. He was awarded an OBE by the Queen in March 2011 for services to mental health.
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