Compassion Focused Therapy aims to: Bring balance to the 3 systems in the three circles model Reduce the dominance of the threat system Improve the soothing system Reduce the dominance of the drive system

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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

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Compassion Focused Therapy aims to:

		Bring balance to the 3 systems in the three circles model
		Reduce the dominance of the threat system
		Improve the soothing system
		Reduce the dominance of the drive system

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Step 1-Introduction

Compassion Focused Therapy is a relatively new school of therapy. It was developed by Paul Gilbert in the year 2000. Compassion Focused Therapy draws its concepts from different schools of psychology like social psychology and developmental psychology. The basic premise of Compassion Focused Therapy is that we need to have a compassionate attitude to ourselves and others especially in dealing with emotional and mental health problems.