THE PAIN AND REWARD OF COMPASSION

Compassion: a superpower

Developing compassion helps the pain of suffering be less overwhelming, supporting work with struggling clients and promoting more adaptive strategies and mind states such as motivation and hope, said researcher Kristen Neff at the recent Compassion in Therapy online summit. In her presentation on The Power of Self-compassion, Neff described self-compassion as “a mind-state, an attitude we take towards ourselves when we struggle. “It feels like a loving connected...

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