Therapists and other health professionals might benefit from interventions that increase their self-compassion and other-focused concern since these may strengthen their relationships with clients, reduce the chances of empathetic distress fatigue and burnout and increase their well-being. This article aimed to review the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and loving-kindne...

Context Compassion is not a new concept within healthcare. However, compassion has become the focus of much research and debate during the past 10 years, following reports of lack of compassion within UK healthcare practice. This recent intense focus has addressed many aspects of care practices and education, recognising that compassion is a complex concept. This study adds a further dimension ...

A growing evidence base suggests that increasing self-compassion is a valuable therapeutic target and may protect against the development and maintenance of posttrauma pathology. More recently, clinicians and researchers have noted that particular individuals respond to self-compassion with strong fear and resistance, a phenomenon known as fear of self-compassion. Yet to be examined is if survi...

Professor Snow has offered an original and illuminating analysis of compassion which, among its other virtues, provides a plausible account of why we feel compassion for animals and why it is rational to do so. I fully endorse her general approach, so my comments will not be in any wayan attempt to undermine or refute her analysis; instead, I wish to raise some questions that follow on the heel...

OBJECTIVE We compared functional impairment outcomes assessed with Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) after treatment with duloxetine versus selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in patients with major depressive disorder. METHODS Data were pooled from four randomized studies comparing treatment with duloxetine and SSRIs (three double blind and one open label). Analysis of covariance, w...


 This study aims to determine the psychological capital obtained by those of productive age with an unemployed status in Panggungrejo Village, Pasuruan City, evaluate level self-compassion these individuals, and finally examine whether is a predictor self-compassion. used descriptive predictive methods purposive sampling. The instruments were Compound PsyCap Scale (CPC-12) Self Compassion...

Introduction. Compassion fatigue is a concept used with increasing frequency in the nursing literature. The objective of this paper is to identify common themes across the literature and to apply these themes, and an existing model of compassion fatigue, to informal caregivers for family members with dementia. Findings. Caregivers for family members with dementia may be at risk for developing c...

The current study aimed to verify the effectiveness of a counseling program based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in ‎improving self-compassion among Palestinian female adolescents without parental care. sample consisted 18 ‎adolescent girls aged 13-14, who obtained lowest scores scale. They were divided randomly into two ‎groups, an experimental control group, each which included 9 ...