‘Do You Practice What You Preach?’ A Qualitative Exploration of Therapists' Personal Practice of Compassion Focused Therapy

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 171-185

  Gale, Corinne ^a,b   Schröder, Thomas ^a   Gilbert, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBYSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compassion Focused Therapy; Experiential learning; Personal practice; Therapist development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84952332733     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1993     Document Type: Article

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