2006 · Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Compassionate mind training for people with high shame and self‐criticism: overview and pilot study of a group therapy approach
1,819 citationsRead
Most cited
691 papers in total2014 · British Journal of Clinical Psychology
The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy
1,585 citationsRead
2009 · Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
Introducing compassion-focused therapy
1,428 citationsRead
1998 · Psychological Medicine
The role of defeat and entrapment (arrested flight) in depression: an exploration of an evolutionary view
976 citationsRead
2010 · Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
Fears of compassion: Development of three self‐report measures
971 citationsRead
2010 · Routledge eBooks
Compassion Focused Therapy
950 citationsRead
Newest first
691 papers in total2024
- Threat, safety, safeness and social safeness 30 years on: Fundamental dimensions and distinctions for mental health and well‐beingBritish Journal of Clinical Psychology · 54 citations
2023
- The impact of compassion-focused therapy on positive and negative mental health outcomes: Results of a series of meta-analyses.Clinical Psychology Science and Practice · 73 citations
- Compassion as a Skill: A Comparison of Contemplative and Evolution-Based ApproachesMindfulness · 50 citations
2022
- Compassion Protects Mental Health and Social Safeness During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across 21 CountriesMindfulness · 81 citations
- Nurturing compassion in schools: A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Compassionate Mind Training program for teachersPLoS ONE · 73 citations
- No safety without emotional safetyThe Lancet Psychiatry · 39 citations
2021
- Creating a Compassionate World: Addressing the Conflicts Between Sharing and Caring Versus Controlling and Holding Evolved StrategiesFrontiers in Psychology · 76 citations
- The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stressPLoS ONE · 74 citations
- Environmental DefendersRoutledge eBooks · 61 citations
- The efficacy of the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP program in reducing psychopathic traits: A controlled trial with male detained youth.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 57 citations
- Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID‐19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countriesClinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · 51 citations
- Cultivating the Compassionate Self: an Exploration of the Mechanisms of Change in Compassionate Mind TrainingMindfulness · 39 citations
- Building Compassionate Schools: Pilot Study of a Compassionate Mind Training Intervention to Promote Teachers’ Well-beingMindfulness · 38 citations
- The experience of loneliness: The role of fears of compassion and social safenessPersonality and Individual Differences · 35 citations
- Fear leads to suffering: Fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundaryBritish Journal of Social Psychology · 34 citations
2020
- Compassion: From Its Evolution to a PsychotherapyFrontiers in Psychology · 361 citations
- The compassionate vagus: A meta-analysis on the connection between compassion and heart rate variabilityNeuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · 150 citations
- Neurophysiological and behavioural markers of compassionScientific Reports · 147 citations
- Self-compassion, social rank, and psychological distress in athletes of varying competitive levelsPsychology of sport and exercise · 79 citations
- Compassion‐focused therapy for body weight shame: A mixed methods pilot trialClinical Psychology & Psychotherapy · 37 citations
- The Schwartz Centre Rounds: Supporting mental health workers with the emotional impact of their workInternational Journal of Mental Health Nursing · 32 citations
- The development of the Japanese version of the compassionate engagement and action scalesPLoS ONE · 32 citations
2019
- Psychotherapy for the 21st century: An integrative, evolutionary, contextual, biopsychosocial approachPsychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice · 110 citations
- Differences in the Semantics of Prosocial Words: an Exploration of Compassion and KindnessMindfulness · 105 citations
- Compassion Focused Approaches to Working With Distressing VoicesFrontiers in Psychology · 80 citations
- Evaluation of a Compassionate Mind Training Intervention with School Teachers and Support StaffMindfulness · 74 citations
- The Evolution of Prosocial and Antisocial Competitive Behavior and the Emergence of Prosocial and Antisocial Leadership StylesFrontiers in Psychology · 56 citations
- Styles of Leadership, Fears of Compassion, and Competing to Avoid InferiorityFrontiers in Psychology · 53 citations
- “A definite feel‐it moment”: Embodiment, externalisation and emotion during chair‐work in compassion‐focused therapyCounselling and Psychotherapy Research · 50 citations
- Distinguishing Shame, Humiliation and Guilt: An Evolutionary Functional Analysis and Compassion Focused InterventionsSpringer eBooks · 42 citations
Research in numbers
From OpenAlex- article164
- book16
- book chapter14
- review3
- other3
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy16
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology14
- Personality and Individual Differences12
- Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice12
- Routledge eBooks12
- Kirsten McEwan30
- Marcela Matos20
- Chris Irons19
- James N. Kirby14
- Steven Allan12
Experience and education
Universities
1990 to 2025Pontifical Gregorian University
1986 to 2024University of Hull
2019 to 2023The University of Queensland
2023Queen's University Belfast
2019 to 2023Canterbury Christ Church University
2021University of Sussex
2018University of California, San Francisco
2017Tilburg University
Industry and labs
2013National Health Service
2006Centre for Addiction and Mental Health