Developing a Compassionate Internal Supervisor: Compassion-Focused Therapy for Trainee Therapists

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 632-648

  Bell, Tobyn ^a   Dixon, Alison ^b   Kolts, Russell ^c  

^a Greater Manchester West Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Compassion Focused Therapy; Imagery; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; Psychotherapy Training; Supervision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84994429991     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2031     Document Type: Article

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