All Outputs (33)

Building resilience by cultivating compassion (2016)
Journal Article

This article considers how compassionate mind training (an intervention that has been used within clinical populations to help individuals who report high levels of shame and self-criticism to develop compassion) may be used to help student healthcar... Read More about Building resilience by cultivating compassion.

A proposal to support student therapists to develop compassion for self and others through Compassionate Mind Training (2016)
Journal Article

Purpose: By the very nature of the role, student therapists experience incidents that can be emotionally challenging. In response to such events, they may experience compassion fatigue, stress, burnout, and self-criticism, which in turn alters their... Read More about A proposal to support student therapists to develop compassion for self and others through Compassionate Mind Training.

Does compassion focused therapy training for healthcare educators and providers increase self-compassion, and reduce self-persecution and self-criticism? (2016)
Journal Article

Introduction: There is a growing body of evidence within the healthcare community which suggests that developing feelings of compassion can have a profound impact on physical and psychological health. This is an important area of work, and initial re... Read More about Does compassion focused therapy training for healthcare educators and providers increase self-compassion, and reduce self-persecution and self-criticism?.

Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in student counsellors and student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists : a quantitative survey (2015)
Journal Article
student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists : a quantitative survey. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 16(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12054

Background: Prolonged deficiency in self-care strategies puts counsellors and psychotherapists at risk of burnout and compassion fatigue. Aim: To measure associations between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, wellbeing
and burnout in student cou... Read More about Measuring relationships between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, burnout and well-being in student counsellors and student cognitive behavioural psychotherapists : a quantitative survey.

Compassion for others, self-compassion, quality of life and mental well-being measures and their association with compassion fatigue and burnout in student midwives : a quantitative survey (2015)
Journal Article

Background: Compassion fatigue and burnout can impact on the performance of midwives, with this quantitative paper exploring the relationship between self-compassion, compassion fatigue, self-judgement, self-kindness, compassion for others, professio... Read More about Compassion for others, self-compassion, quality of life and mental well-being measures and their association with compassion fatigue and burnout in student midwives : a quantitative survey.

A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion focused therapy (2015)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2015). A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion focused therapy. Review - British Psychological Society. Counselling Psychology Section, 30(1), 21-32

This narrative review summarises findings of research that has shown use of Compassion-
Focused Therapy (CFT) to improve psychological outcomes in clinical populations. This article reviews the
research studies that have utilised CFT to treat clien... Read More about A narrative review exploring the effectiveness of compassion focused therapy.

Healing the wounds of trauma shame and grief (2014)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E. (2014). Healing the wounds of trauma shame and grief. Healthcare counselling and psychotherapy journal, 14(2), 14-19

Compassion-focused eye movement
desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
can play a role in healing the wounds of
repressed trauma memories, shame and
grief. No one therapy is a panacea for all, and the
developments of approaches such as compassi... Read More about Healing the wounds of trauma shame and grief.

Using compassionate mind training as a resource in EMDR : a case study (2013)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2013). Using compassionate mind training as a resource in EMDR : a case study. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 7(4), 186-199. https://doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.7.4.186

This case study examines the contribution of compassionate mind training (CMT) when used as a resource in the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of a 58-year-old man, who presented after a recent trauma with psychological... Read More about Using compassionate mind training as a resource in EMDR : a case study.

‘Being kinder to myself’ (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Beaumont, E. (2012, October). ‘Being kinder to myself’. Poster presented at The Compassionate Mind Foundation 1st Annual Conference, Manchester

Self-soothing after trauma (2012)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E. (2012). Self-soothing after trauma. Healthcare counselling and psychotherapy journal, 12(3), 18-22

Individuals who have been involved
in a traumatic experience often feel
significant levels of shame and/or guilt.
Whilst cognitive behaviour therapy
(CBT) may be effective in reducing other
symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), the... Read More about Self-soothing after trauma.

‘Being kinder to myself ’: a prospective comparative study, exploring post-trauma therapy outcome measures, for two groups of clients, receiving either Cognitive Behaviour Therapy or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Compassionate Mind Training (2012)
Journal Article
Therapy and Compassionate Mind Training. Review - British Psychological Society. Counselling Psychology Section, 27(1), 31-43

Background/Aims/Objectives: This prospective, comparative outcome study was designed to contrast the
relative impact of differing therapeutic interventions for trauma victims, carried out by the same therapist.
Methods/Methodology: A non-random con... Read More about ‘Being kinder to myself ’: a prospective comparative study, exploring post-trauma therapy outcome measures, for two groups of clients, receiving either Cognitive Behaviour Therapy or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Compassionate Mind Training.

Healing the wounds of trauma using Compassionate Mind Training (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Beaumont, E. (2002, July). Healing the wounds of trauma using Compassionate Mind Training. Presented at 41st Annual Conference. National Association for Rural Mental Health, USA

The Self-Compassion App
Other
Beaumont, E., Irons, C., & Psychological Technologies (PSYT). The Self-Compassion App

The Self-Compassion App is based on the bestselling book, The Compassionate Mind Workbook (Irons & Beaumont, 2017), which has been found useful in helping individuals learn to be kinder to themselves, boost wellbeing, improve levels of compassion, an... Read More about The Self-Compassion App.