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CFT Made Simple: A Clinician’s Guide to Practicing Compassion-Focused Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series) Paperback – July 1, 2016

by Russell L Kolts PhD (Author), Steven C. Hayes PhD (Afterword), Paul Gilbert PhD (Foreword)
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For the first time ever, CFT Made Simple offers easy-to-apply tools to help clients develop self-compassion, learn mindfulness skills, and balance difficult emotions for greater treatment outcomes.

Created by world-renowned psychologist Paul Gilbert, compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is extremely effective in helping clients work through painful feelings of shame and self-criticism. However, the theoretical aspects of this therapy—such as evolutionary psychology, attachment theory, and affective neuroscience—can make CFT difficult to grasp. This book provides everything you need to start implementing CFT in practice, either as a primary therapy modality or as an adjunctive approach to other therapies, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and more.

CFT has unique strengths, and is especially effective in helping clients work through troubling thoughts and behaviors, approach themselves and others with greater compassion and kindness, and feel safer and more confident in their ability to handle life’s challenges and difficulties. This book articulates the theoretical basis of the therapy in simple, easy-to-follow language, and offers practical guidance and strategies on how to tailor your CFT approach to specific client populations.

As a clinician interested in the benefits of CFT but wary of the dense theoretical principles that lay behind it, you need a user-friendly guide that will let you hit the ground running. CFT Made Simple is that guide.

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“This book is not just simple. It is elegant and powerful. Through engaging didactics and detailed clinical examples, Russell Kolts demonstrates how we can bring compassion to clients’ lives by applying innovative and precise techniques of compassion-focused therapy (CFT). You will learn to use perspective-taking shifts and imagery techniques formally and through natural conversations. You will learn to help clients understand and overcome their struggles using evolution and contextual sciences. Be kind to yourself and to your clients: read CFT Made Simple.”
—Matthieu Villatte, PhD, coauthor of Mastering the Clinical Conversation

“An excellent book. Well written, easy to read, insightful, and inspiring. And bursting with practical ideas that will be useful for any health professional with an interest in compassion and mindfulness. A valuable contribution to the field of health and well-being.”
—Russ Harris, author of The Happiness Trap and ACT Made Simple

“A clinician’s ability to be compassionate, to help clients face their pain with kindness and courage, is at the core of all effective therapies. Bringing together evolutionary psychology, affective neuroscience, attachment theory, behaviorism, and mindfulness approaches, Russell Kolts provides a compendium filled with heartfelt wisdom, step-by-step guidelines, and exercises that therapists of any orientation can use immediately to help their clients reclaim warmth, affiliation, safeness, and hope in their lives. This indispensable volume is a must-have in any clinician’s library.”
—Robert Kohlenberg, PhD, ABPP, and Mavis Tsai, PhD, codevelopers of functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP)

“CFT is a revolutionary new approach to therapy firmly rooted in ancient wisdom and modern science. The author has an uncanny ability to present this multidimensional model in a practical, straightforward manner without losing any of its subtlety.  This book is a wonderful resource for clinicians who wish to dive deeply into CFT, or who simply want to integrate key aspects of the approach into their existing practices. Drawing directly on our innate capacity for compassion, CFT offers compelling insights for therapy and how we may live our daily lives more fully. Highly recommended!”
—Christopher Germer, PhD, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, and coeditor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy

“This is a phenomenal book that manages to convey the complex theory underlying CFT into extremely simple ideas and practices that translate directly into clinical practice. This book will be an essential tool for any therapist wanting to effectively incorporate compassion into their work with clients.”
—Kristin Neff, PhD, associate professor in the department of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of Self-Compassion

About the Author

Russell Kolts, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and director of the Inland Northwest Compassionate Mind Center. Kolts has authored or coauthored numerous books and scholarly articles, including The Compassionate-Mind Guide to Managing Your Anger and An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Lessons for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun (with Thubten Chodron), and has pioneered the application of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) to the treatment of problematic anger. He is founding director of the Inland Northwest Compassionate Mind Center and regularly conducts trainings and workshops on CFT and compassion. Kolts has recently appeared in his own TEDx Talk, titled "Anger, Compassion, and What it Means to be Strong."
Foreword writer Paul Gilbert, PhD, is world-renowned for his work on depression, shame, and self-criticism. He is head of the mental health research unit at the University of Derby and author of The Compassionate Mind and Overcoming Depression.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Harbinger Publications; 1st edition (July 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1626253099
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626253094
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.6 x 9.9 inches
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Russell Kolts is a clinical psychologist and founder of the Inland Northwest Compassionate Mind Center in Spokane, Washington, USA. Dr. Kolts regularly conducts trainings and workshops on Compassion-Focused Therapy, as well as on mindfulness and compassion practices. His professional interests lie primarily in the application of CFT and mindfulness approaches to individuals suffering from problematic anger, trauma, mood, and attachment-related difficulties. Kolts has published and presented research in diverse areas such as positive psychology, PTSD, psychopharmacology, mindfulness, and compassion. In his personal life, Dr. Kolts enjoys family time, reading, meditation, outdoor activities, and listening to and playing music.

For more information, resources, and links regarding Compassion-Focused Therapy, visit www.compassionatemind.co.uk .

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Gonzalo Brito
5.0 out of 5 stars The best introduction to CFT so far
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016
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This book is probably the most accessible and practical introduction available to Compassion-Focused Therapy. As Paul Gilbert (founder of CFT) says in the foreword of this book, CFT is actually not a “simple” therapy as its theoretical underpinnings integrate a rich variety of ideas and research (including evolutionary psychology, CBT, Jungian psychology, attachment theory and Mahayana Buddhism) and the clinical practice of CFT asks from the therapist a broad set of skills, from empathic micro-skills to guiding visualizations. The prowess of this didactic and entertaining book is that it organizes this potentially daunting CFT theoretical framework and therapeutic skills into what Kolts presents as a set of layered processes and practices. These four layers include: the therapeutic relationship as the context where compassion can be experienced and trained; an evolutionary and contextual understanding of the mind and the brain; the cultivation of mindfulness of one’s own motivations, thoughts, emotions, and behavior; and compassionate mind training through a variety of exercises and home practices. As a CFT trained clinician, I have found this way of organizing the practice of CFT very useful for myself and my clients, and I think it will also be very appreciated by future CFT trainees. Additionally, and in a very coherent manner, the author’s voice throughout the book is warm, friendly, and clear, weaving together key concepts, relevant research, practical exercises, and clinical vignettes, offering a lively idea not only of what this therapy is about but also how this therapy might “feel” as a therapist or as a client.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about compassion and bringing it as a core motivation in their clinical work.
Gonzalo Brito, Ph.D. Co-author of The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook.
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Adam Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Integrative Psychotherapy
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2018
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Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is a cutting edge psychotherapy with a simple name, and a comprehensive approach. Do not let the name fool you, this an integrative therapy that takes seriously the criticisms of traditional CBT, as well as the demands of evidence-based practice and is worth your read.

Dr. Russell Kolts is a world class explicator and his writing makes an honest title of the book. Dr. Kolts takes the complexities of an approach that includes CBT, attachment theory, evolutionary psychology, and compassion, and makes it accessible without ever condescending to the reader. This is hard to accomplish writing on such subjects, but he does so gracefully.

Whether you are new to the field of psychotherapy or an experience veteran, CFT Made Simple is an accessible read with a unique perspective and wealth of clinical interventions for all therapist and case managers.
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Leann
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple enough for everyone to understand!
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2017
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Einstein said: "If you can't explain something simply, then you don't really understand it." If that's the criteria, then Dr Kolts is an extremely brilliant man. This is, by far, my favorite book on Compassion Focused Therapy. He writes from both the head and the heart, making it easy to not only understand the framework but to implement his words.
I highly recommend this book to anyone - clinician or lay person - who wants to implement the concepts of compassion into daily living.
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Average Jill
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2019
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I had Kolts as a professor and reading the book alone explained enough to do well in the class. Material is excellent and fascinating even as a non-psychology major and even outside of the course has helped me to become an even more compassionate listener to friends and family which is an extra plus!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really useful for personal life as well as clinical work
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2019
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One of the best use of my time and money :)
Really easy to follow the layered approach to CFT.
Also, I'm really happy for the free hand outs and audios available with the book (there is a link included for download).
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Lauren H. Porosoff
5.0 out of 5 stars Important Work
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2016
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This is a highly accessible introduction to compassion-focused therapy -- so clear that even a non-therapist like me can understand it and see how its concepts are applicable to work outside the clinic. At this historical moment, I cannot think of more important work than teaching people to overcome their anger, treat themselves and each other with kindness, and heal relationships and communities. This book is a path forward.
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Dana Pugh
5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020
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This is a great guide. It consistently informs my treatment of clients with myriad problems in living. Easy to read too.
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Robert Murphy
1.0 out of 5 stars Not well written
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023
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Author needs an editor. Never uses a paragraph. Content repetitive and overly simplistic.
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Tanya Morrey
5.0 out of 5 stars Really helpful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2021
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Really clear and easy to read - even after some training. I think I'll be going back to this quite often, the suggestions are do helpful.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to apply summary
Reviewed in Canada on July 19, 2017
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I found this an excellent summary with practical application tools.
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Isabelle Leboeuf
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in France on September 16, 2017
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I really love the way Russell Kolts opens a smooth and easy way to the world of Compassion Focus Therapy.
He offers a compass to orientate in this very rich universe full of therapeutic enlightenments for ourselves or our patients.
His vision is helping me to integrate my knowledge and practice at a deeper level.
I highly recommend this book!
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Grant Dewar
5.0 out of 5 stars Real experience transformed into real wisdom
Reviewed in Australia on October 9, 2018
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Russell brings heart and soul to the evidence for personal transformation through self-compassion. Russell provides useful and challenging pathways for therapists to assist those seeking insight and strategies to make their lives work.
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Claire M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing therapist resource
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2018
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This book is so readable and accessible. I’ve read it TWICE, cover to cover, and regularly return to it when running CFT groups. It really helped me clarify key CFT concepts and find ways to share them and bring them to life for clients. Brilliant.
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