"With clarity, compassion and wisdom, Walker teaches the art and the craft of comforting others and ourselves. This fine book is a resource for all those who want to be able to help friends, family members and other people who are in need of our kindness."--Mary Pipher, Ph. D., …
"With clarity, compassion and wisdom, Walker teaches the art and the craft of comforting others and ourselves. This fine book is a resource for all those who want to be able to help friends, family members and other people who are in need of our kindness."--Mary Pipher, Ph. D., …
Introduction -- The clues: finding hope amid despair -- The Phoenix effect: from oppression and vulnerability to strength and resilience -- Unearthing the shared roots of violence and vulnerability -- The quest: Phoenix zones - principles in action -- Liberty: refuge for asylum …
"Few things get our compassion flowing like the sight of suffering. But our response is often shaped by our ability to empathize with others. Some people respond to the suffering of only humans or to one person's plight more than another's. Others react more strongly to the suff…
Compassion is widely regarded as an important moral emotion - a fitting response to various cases of suffering and misfortune. Yet contemporary theorists have rarely given it sustained attention. This volume aims to fill this gap by offering answers to a number of questions surr…
Compassion is widely regarded as an important moral emotion - a fitting response to various cases of suffering and misfortune. Yet contemporary theorists have rarely given it sustained attention. This volume aims to fill this gap by offering answers to a number of questions surr…
Compassion in primary and community healthcare
Compassion is an attribute of a person's affective understanding, which aims to enable, so far as possible, shared experiences of the world's ills and some alleviation of those ills' effects. Such an attribute is thus of great value within healthcare institutions such as general…
Draws on a range of disciplines to outline the concept of bio-psycho-spiritual authentic awareness and how to strengthen empathy bonds with others to promote healing and overall wellness.
Draws on a range of disciplines to outline the concept of bio-psycho-spiritual authentic awareness and how to strengthen empathy bonds with others to promote healing and overall wellness. "All of us have an innate capacity for compassion. We recognize when others are hurting, a…
Leading depression authority Paul Gilbert presents The Compassionate Mind, a breakthrough book integrating evolutionary psychology, new insights from neuroscience, and mindfulness practice. This combination of techniques forms a new therapy called compassion focused therapy that…