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Keep up to date with our latest blogs on all things Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), self-compassion, mental well being and happiness
Dr Chris Irons – Interview
Dr Chris Irons – Interview Chris Irons will be hosting our event on 25th June on working with shame through Compassion Focused Therapy Chris Irons has been one of the leading figures in the modern development of the CFT model. He’s becoming a regular for Brighton...
Link between social rank (sense of power and status) and mental health
Interesting overview of recent paper looking at the association between power and social dominance, and mental health difficulties http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/money-power-mental-health_n_6297946.html
All for avatar therapy (voices) as long as research is open-minded about mechanisms and outcomes
The intriguing 'avatar therapy' study was extensively covered last week, e.g. by the BBC, Guardian, and Mail. This Wellcome-funded study seems an excellent opportunity to put therapeutic dialoguing techniques on the map of mainstream psychosis treatment. However, it...
The Science of Compassion in ‘The Independent’
Here's the link to a newspaper article on 'The Science of Compassion': http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-science-of-compassion-8376224.html?origin=internalSearch
Helpful v unhelpful psychosis study in Wired magazine
Link to article on wired.co.uk entitled "The religious are all psychotic (in a good way)": http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/07/ideas-bank/the-religious-are-all-psychotic-(in-a-good-way)