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1. Compassion-Focused Therapy

   An Introduction to Theory, Research and Practice

   By Paul Gilbert

   The importance of compassion as an antidote to human suffering is a long and venerable history with recent research evidence to support it. Originally developed to help individuals who suffer high levels of shame and self criticism, compassion-focused therapy encourages the client to employ...

   To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge
2. Routledge Handbook of Sports Coaching

   Edited by Paul Potrac, Wade Gilbert, Jim Denison

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Over the last three decades sports coaching has evolved from a set of customary practices based largely on tradition and routine into a sophisticated, reflective and multi-disciplinary profession. In parallel with this, coach education and coaching studies within higher education have developed...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Compassion Focused Therapy

   Distinctive Features

   By Paul Gilbert

   Series: CBT Distinctive Features

   Research into the beneficial effect of developing compassion has advanced enormously in the last ten years, with the development of inner compassion being an important therapeutic focus and goal. This book explains how Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) – a process of developing compassion for the...

   Published April 6th 2010 by Routledge
4. The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies

   Edited by Paul Gilbert, Robert L. Leahy

   Although the therapeutic relationship is a major contributor to therapeutic outcomes, the cognitive behavioral psychotherapies have not explored this aspect in any detail. This book addresses this shortfall and explores the therapeutic relationship from a range of different perspectives within...

   Published January 30th 2009 by Routledge
5. Compassion

   Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy

   Edited by Paul Gilbert

   What is compassion, how does it affect the quality of our lives and how can we develop compassion for ourselves and others? Humans are capable of extreme cruelty but also considerable compassion. Often neglected in Western psychology, this book looks at how compassion may have evolved, and is...

   Published February 2nd 2005 by Routledge
6. Body Shame

   Conceptualisation, Research and Treatment

   Edited by Paul Gilbert, Jeremy Miles

   Physical appearance plays a powerful role in social relationships. Those who feel shame regarding the way they look, and who think others view their appearance negatively, can therefore be vulnerable to impoverished social relationships and a range of psychological difficulties. However, there are...

   Published October 16th 2002 by Routledge
7. Genes on the Couch

   Explorations in Evolutionary Psychotherapy

   Edited by Paul Gilbert, Kent G. Bailey

   Philosophers and therapists have long theorised about how psychological mechanisms for love, jealousy, anxiety, depression and many other human characteristics may have evolved over millions of years. In the dawn of the new insights on evolution, provided by Darwin's theories of natural selection,...

   Published October 31st 2001 by Psychology Press
8. Subordination and Defeat

   An Evolutionary Approach To Mood Disorders and Their Therapy

   Edited by Leon Sloman, Paul Gilbert

   Most people now accept that human beings are the product of millions of years of mammalian evolution and, more recently, primate evolution. This landmark book explores the implications of our evolutionary history for theories and therapies of depression. In particular, the focus is on how social...

   Published April 11th 2000 by Routledge
9. Subordination and Defeat

   An Evolutionary Approach To Mood Disorders and Their Therapy

   Edited by Leon Sloman, Paul Gilbert

   Most people now accept that human beings are the product of millions of years of mammalian evolution and, more recently, primate evolution. This landmark book explores the implications of our evolutionary history for theories and therapies of depression. In particular, the focus is on how social...

   Published February 29th 2000 by Routledge
10. Philosophy Of Mind

    By Paul Gilbert, Kathleen Lennon

    Series: Fundamentals of Philosophy

    A welcome introduction to one of the most intellectually demanding areas of the undergraduate philosophy curriculum. The authors provide a clear framework within which students can fit contemporary developments in the Anglo-American tradition which provide the core themes of philosophy of mind and...

    Published December 14th 1998 by Routledge