An exploration of group compassion-focused therapy for personality disorder.
@article{Lucre2013AnEO, title={An exploration of group compassion-focused therapy for personality disorder.}, author={Kate Lucre and Naomi Corten}, journal={Psychology and psychotherapy}, year={2013}, volume={86 4}, pages={ 387-400 } }
BACKGROUND
People with personality disorders, especially those who also experience high self-criticism and shame, are known to be a therapeutic challenge and there is a high dropout rate from therapy. Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) was designed to address shame and self-criticism specifically, and to develop people's ability to be self-reassuring and more compassionate to themselves and others.
AIMS
This study explored how CFT affected self-criticism and self-attacking thoughts, feelings…
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