The emergence of the compassion focused therapies

Compassion: Concepts, Research and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 258-285

  Kirby, James N ^a   Gilbert, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315564296     Document Type: Chapter

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