Three leaders of contemporary therapy debate the relationship between evolutionary science and clinical psychology and psychotherapy, why there should be better integration between these fields, the commonalities between acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and focused therapy. in Compassion (CFT), and how psychology can play an essential role in intervening in large-scale social problems such as COVID-19 and climate change.
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About the participants:
- Professor Paul Gilbert, OBE is a British clinical psychologist, founder of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Compassionate Mind Training (CMT) and author of books such as The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges, Overcoming Depression. He has researched developmental approaches to psychopathology for over 40 years with a special focus on the roles of mood, shame, and self-criticism in various mental health difficulties for which Compassion Focused Therapy was developed. Professor Gilbert has written/edited 21 books and over 200 articles.
- Professor Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Nevada. The author of forty-three books and more than six hundred scientific articles, he has served as president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, and is one of the most cited psychologists in the world. Dr. Hayes initiated the development of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Relational Framework Theory (RFT), the approach to cognition on which ACT is based.
- Dr. Dennis Tirch is founding director of the Center for Compassion Focused Therapy, the first clinical training center for Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in the United States. Dr. Tirch has been described as one of the nation’s foremost leaders in compassion training in evidence-based psychotherapy. He is an internationally recognized expert therapist, supervisor and trainer in CFT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Buddhist Psychology (BP). Dr. Tirch is the author of 6 books and numerous peer-reviewed chapters and articles on mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion in psychotherapy.
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