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How to Turn Your Brain from Anger to Compassion

By Paul Gilbert — 2013

Attention is like a spotlight—whatever it shines on becomes brighter in the mind. This knowledge can help us build compassion, says Paul Gilbert.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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How to Stop Overthinking

Grappling with your thoughts will leave you even more entangled in worry. Use metacognitive strategies to break free.

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Pia Callesen
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The Proven Healing Power of Compassion

At its essence, compassion is a gift of the spirit—one with the power to change lives, reduce stress, and heal depression.

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Catherine Price and Carmel Wroth
2012
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How Does Mindfulness Differ from Cognitive Behavior Therapy?

In traditional cognitive behavior therapy, you are taught to try to answer back to negative thoughts. This can be challenging because if you have been depressed for a long time you tend to believe the negative thoughts. With mindfulness, you learn a different approach.

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Stuart J. Eisendrath MD
2020
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Compassionate Mind, Healthy Body

Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.

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Emma Seppälä
2013
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My Great Wake-Up Call

Five years ago, my father fell into a deep bout of depression. Twelve months later his depression culminated in suicide.

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Jordan Lally
2018
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Research Finds Self-Compassion Can Relieve Depression

A new study finds that self-compassion can lessen chronic depression.

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Marlynn Wei
2020
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Why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is the Current Gold Standard of Psychotherapy

If gold standard is defined as best standard we have in the field at the moment, then we argue that CBT is, indeed, the gold standard.

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Daniel David, Ioana Cristea, Stefan G. Hofmann
2018
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Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treat Depression?

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a common type of talk therapy that for some people can work as well or better than medication to treat depression.

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Camille Noe Pagán
2021
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5 Get-Positive Techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help you out-think negative patterns that may be keeping you from depression recovery — and from enjoying life.

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Jennifer Anderson
2014
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most common and best studied forms of psychotherapy. It is a combination of two therapeutic approaches, known as cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy.

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Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
2016
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)