Compassion: From its evolution to a psychotherapy
P Gilbert - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The concept, benefits and recommendations for the cultivation of compassion have been
recognized in the contemplative traditions for thousands of years. In the last 30 years or so …
recognized in the contemplative traditions for thousands of years. In the last 30 years or so …
Creating a Compassionate World: Addressing the Conflicts Between Sharing and Caring Versus Controlling and Holding Evolved Strategies
P Gilbert - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
For thousands of years, various spiritual traditions and social activists have appealed to
humans to adopt compassionate ways of living to address the suffering of life. Yet, along …
humans to adopt compassionate ways of living to address the suffering of life. Yet, along …
The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress
Background Historically social connection has been an important way through which
humans have coped with large-scale threatening events. In the context of the COVID-19 …
humans have coped with large-scale threatening events. In the context of the COVID-19 …
Compassion as a skill: A comparison of contemplative and evolution-based approaches
P Gilbert, W Van Gordon - Mindfulness, 2023 - Springer
The editors to this volume posed a series of fascinating questions relating to how seeing
compassion as a skill can help us understand its nature, cultivation and effects within …
compassion as a skill can help us understand its nature, cultivation and effects within …
Naturalizing the self.
RW Robins - 2021 - psycnet.org
An understanding of the self is necessary for a complete understanding of personality
processes—the processes that generate and regulate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. An …
processes—the processes that generate and regulate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. An …
Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID‐19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic is a massive global health crisis with damaging
consequences to mental health and social relationships. Exploring factors that may heighten …
consequences to mental health and social relationships. Exploring factors that may heighten …
Brief self-compassion training alters neural responses to evoked pain for chronic low back pain: a pilot study
Objective Self-compassion meditation, which involves compassion toward the self in
moments of suffering, shows promise for improving pain-related functioning, but its …
moments of suffering, shows promise for improving pain-related functioning, but its …
Six types of loves differentially recruit reward and social cognition brain areas
Feelings of love are among the most significant human phenomena. Love informs the
formation and maintenance of pair bonds, parent-offspring attachments, and influences …
formation and maintenance of pair bonds, parent-offspring attachments, and influences …
[HTML][HTML] Concurrent TMS-EEG and EEG reveal neuroplastic and oscillatory changes associated with self-compassion and negative emotions
Abstract Background/Objective Self-compassion has a consensual relevance for overall
mental health, but its mechanisms remain unknown. Using intermittent theta burst …
mental health, but its mechanisms remain unknown. Using intermittent theta burst …
Two identical twin pairs discordant for longstanding anorexia nervosa and OSFED: lived experience accounts of eating disorder and recovery processes
R Elwyn, M Williams, E Smith, S Smith - Journal of Eating Disorders, 2024 - Springer
Research into the risk of anorexia nervosa (AN) has examined twin pairs to further the
understanding of the contributions of genetics, trait inheritance, and environmental factors to …
understanding of the contributions of genetics, trait inheritance, and environmental factors to …