What is compassion, how does it affect the quality of our lives and how can we develop compassion for ourselves and others? Humans are capable of extreme cruelty but also considerable compassion. Often neglected in Western psychology, this book looks at how compassion may have evolved, and is linked to various capacities such as sympathy, empathy, forgiveness and warmth. Exploring the effects of early life experiences with families and peers, this book outlines how developing compassion for self and others can be key to helping people change, recover and develop ways of living that increase well-being. Focusing on the multi-dimensional nature of compassion, international contributors:  explore integrative evolutionary, social constructivist, cognitive and Buddhist approaches to compassion  consider how and why cruelty can flourish when our capacities for compassion are turned off, especially in particular environments focus on how therapists bring compassion into their therapeutic relationship, and examine its healing effects describe how to help patients develop inner warmth and compassion to help alleviate psychological problems. Compassion provides detailed outlines of interventions that are of particular value to psychotherapists and counsellors interested in developing compassion as a therapeutic focus in their work. It is also of value to social scientists interested in pro-social behaviour, and those seeking links between Buddhist and Western psychology.

Compassion

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Paul A Gilbert

Psychology & Counseling

Taylor&Francis

Bringing the reader up to date on current research and theory, this volume presents an ambitious overview of the various psychological approaches to understanding and treating depression. Part I explores the major distinctions among all types of depression, including discussion of seasonal affective disorder, postnatal depression, and depression in children.  A chapter on epidemiology covers issues of prevalence, relapse, long-term outcome, and chronic depression.  In addition, the relationship between depression and the personality disorders is examined in detail.

Depression

Mental Health

Guilford Press

<p>At their best park, recreation, and tourism organisations can change the world for the better. They can be powerful forces for community revitalisation, environmental and historical education, fitness, connectedness with nature, and much more. But this great potential can only be realised by strong, effective organisations. High Performance Agencies is about the skills and approaches that can lead these organisations to reach their full potential, grow, thrive, and in the process make their communities better places. Because of the technological, demographical, economical, and political changes in society, the old ways of organisational management need to be retooled for the more dynamic environment. This book is written to be used as both a university text for management and administration of park, recreation, and tourism organisations, as well as a guide for practitioners in the field.</p>

High Performance Agencies

Sports & Outdoors

Sagamore Publishing LLC

Mindful Compassion

kunzang-choden

Robinson Publishing

<p>Regarded as a classic when it was first published in 1984, From Psychology to Brain State provides historical insight into some of the origins of the evolutionary and biopsychosocial approaches behind compassion focused therapy. It highlights how the many textures of depressed brain states can be understood as a result of interacting with multiple biological psychological social processes. Consequently, to understand and treat depression required insight into the interactions between these processes. Hence, the book covers the controversies over diagnosis, and how different models such as psychodynamic, behavioural, and cognitive therapies conceptualise depression.The last two integrative chapters address the brain's evolved defences to threat such as helplessness, attachment loss and search defeat. These chapters also highlight and show how mental states are often discontinuous and state switches can be due to nonlinear processes. This reissue contains a new preface, written by the author, which reflects on more decent developments.Reviews for first issue"... it is superb! It is certainly one of the most comprehensive and scholar books on depression that I have seen. It should be a major force in shaping the thinking about depression, as well as research, for years to come. " Prof Aaron T Beck"... the book reviews a wealth of animal and human research findings especially from ethology, conditioning, and helplessness paradigms. For this alone it will be an important source book for psychologists and psychiatrists whether they are interested in research or clinical work with depression. Gilbert has provided a book which is both challenging and engaging. " - Prof Mark Williams</p>

Depression: From Psychology to Brain State

Annwyn House

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