A new video that Ibrahim and myself made looking at the three circle model which is key in Compassion Focused Therapy. Looks at threat, drive and soothing systems and how they can interplay and regulate each other 🔴 🔵 🟢 #365daysofcompassion #CFT youtu.be/C6AgWnr0bZQ?si…

Great to have this book chapter out with Dr Chase Sherwell. Link here to the book books.google.com/books/about/In…

Loved presenting today at the 2024 Mind & Life SRI. A real honour and career highlight to share the work we are doing exploring compassion and its impact on mental health UQPsych.

I remember doing this one a little while ago. I enjoyed making it, plus I use this practice quite a lot personally! How to write a compassionate letter to yourself youtu.be/pqjFytM7yFw

I never subscribed faster! Stan is awesome, his YouTube channel too is a gem filled with priceless clips and conversations.

2024 UQPsych COMPASSION SYMPOSIUM welcomes Prof Jakob Hohwy Monash University! Seeing the brain as a tool for reducing uncertainty can help us make room for self-reflection, awareness, & compassion. Hear insights from research on identity, optimism, & morality. psychology.uq.edu.au/event/4514/com…

You can pre-order our new book The Essentials of Compassion Focused Therapy: A Practice Manual for Clinicians. Out officially on July 26th! amazon.com.au/gp/aw/d/103256…

A new track we made to support compassionate energy and positive emotion. Recorded by Ibrahim and inspired by Paul Gilbert OBE Compassionate Colour and Action Exercise youtu.be/ijhn_-3FqMo?si…

What can we do with one therapy session? A lot! Ibrahim presenting on single session CFT interventions. And they pack a punch! #uqcompassion James N. Kirby

It was an immense pleasure to present at the UQ Compassion Symposium on a topic I'm deeply passionate about. A big heartfelt thank you to James N. Kirby and Stan Steindl for their outstanding work in hosting this event each year. #uqcompassion

Honoured to be a plenary speaker at the 2024 #uqcompassion symposium. Year upon year, this event has proven to be the most inclusive, open, honest, and enlightening meeting of cross-disciplinary professionals I've ever attended.

This time with the help of Dads we made a Compassion Focused Therapy Three Circle video specific to fathers 🔴 🔵 🟢 Thanks to Ibrahim for his help yet again. We are using this in a new self-compassion intervention for dads!! youtu.be/jPHj4UaxCY4?si…

A massive congratulations to Dr Deanna Varley who graduated today at UQ News UQPsych with a 2024 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses! Dr Chase Sherwell and I couldn’t be more happy for you Deanna! Woohoo!!!!!

So incredibly proud of my first PhD Deanna Varley who also received a Dean’s award for Outstanding Research Thesis. Deanna has earned her accolades ten-fold, and received the inaugural compassion lab Doctoral Sword to defend truth and cut through misinformation.

I had a lot of fun playing with the new AI tool NotebookLM. It can create podcast-like conversations! I used a few papers by James N. Kirby and asked for a professional discussion. Excited to see where this tool could go. Check it out here: on.soundcloud.com/JmoDX8y3D6gm73…

Episode 3 is out on our Compassion Focused Manual Chats. This time we are discussing the definition of compassion and we talk about some of the different ways the manual suggests introducing it youtu.be/vc-gb3GfhFc?si…

Just out now in Nature Reviews Psychology “Compassion as a transdiagnostic target to reduce mental health symptoms and promote well-being" nature.com/articles/s4415…

Another great interview from Stan Steindl with Dr Chase Sherwell on compassion, autistic adults, physiology and three circles 🔴 🔵 🟢 youtube.com/watch?v=IQF0ry…

My new paper out in ⁦Nature Reviews Psychology.⁩ Compassion as a transdiagnostic target to reduce mental health symptoms & promote well-being. Focus on the importance of family & how to integrate compassion into therapy ⁦UQPsych⁩ ⁦Global Compassion Coalition⁩ nature.com/articles/s4415…

Testing a digital & interactive scale (the three circles) to assess emotion regulation | Scientific Reports. A fantastic study led by my PhD student Dylan Moloney-Gibb, with a great team ⁦Dr Chase Sherwell⁩, ⁦Jamin Day⁩ & Sasha Lynn ⁦UQPsych⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159…