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Paul Gilbert (Clinical Psychologist) | |
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| Born | June 20, 1951 |
| Education | Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, educator, researcher and author |
| Employer | University of Derby |
| Title | Compassion Focused Therapy |
Paul Gilbert (born 20th July 1951) is an internationally renowned British Clinical Psychologist. In addition to editing 21 books, Professor Gilbert is the founder of Compassion Focus Therapy (CFT), Compassionate Mind Therapy (CMT) and author of best-sellers: The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges [1] and Overcoming Depression. [2] Before retirement Professor Paul Gilbert was head of the Mental Health Research Unit, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. He remains Professor at the University of Derby. In 2011 Professor Gilbert was awarded an OBE for his continued contribution in Mental Healthcare.
Early life and Education
Professor Gilbert was born in Gambia and went to a British boarding school in 1962. In early life Professor Gilbert considered being a rock guitarist but “unfortunately I was a very average sort of player and I recognized that this wasn't going to take me very far”[3]. He primarily went to The University of Wolverhampton to study Economics, graduating in 1973 before perusing a career as a psychologist. In 1975 Professor Gilbert gained an MA in Experimental Psychology from the University of Sussex followed by a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from the University of Edinburgh in 1980.
Clinical Psychology
In 1993 Professor Gilbert was made a fellow of the British Psychological Society for his contributions to psychological knowledge and was president of the British Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy in 2003. In he served on the governments National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for Depression[4]. To date Professor Gilbert has published and edited 21 books, over 100 academic papers and 39 book chapters[5]. In addition Professor Gilbert is currently series editor for the “compassionate approaches to life difficulties”[6] series. Professor Gilbert sits on the Emotion, Personality and Altruism Research Group at the Wright Institute (1992 – present). Furthermore, Professor Gilbert is visiting Professor at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Coimbra (Portugal).
Selected Journal Publications
Allan, S. & Gilbert, P. (1995). A social comparison scale: Psychometric properties and relationship to psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 19, 293-299.
Allan, S & Gilbert, P. (1997). Submissive behaviour and psychopathology. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 36, 467-488.
Allan, S., Gilbert, P. & Goss, K. (1994). An exploration of shame measures: II: Psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 719-722.
Cheung, M.S.P., Gilbert P & Irons, C (2004). An exploration of shame, social rank and rumination in relation to depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 1143-1153.
Gilbert, P. (1984). Depression: From Psychology to Brain State. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Gilbert, P. (1989). Human Nature and Suffering. Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Gilbert, P. (1992). Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness. Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd. And New York: Guilford.
Gilbert, P. (1993). Defence and safety: Their function in social behaviour and psychopathology. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 32, 131-153.
Gilbert, P. (1997). The evolution of social attractiveness and its role in shame, humiliation, guilt and therapy. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 70, 113-147.
Gilbert, P. (1998). What is shame? Some core issues and controversies. In, P. Gilbert & B. Andrews, (eds) Shame: Interpersonal Behavior, Psychopathology and Culture. (pp 3-36). New York: Oxford University Press.
Gilbert, P. (2000). Social mentalities: Internal ‘social’ conflicts and the role of inner warmth and compassion in cognitive therapy. In, P. Gilbert & Bailey K.G (eds.) Genes on the Couch: Explorations in Evolutionary Psychotherapy (p.118-150). Hove: Brenner-Routledge.
Gilbert, P. (2003). Evolution, social roles, and differences in shame and guilt. Social Research: An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences 70, 1205-1230
Gilbert, P. (2005a) Compassion and cruelty: A biopsychosocial approach. In, P Gilbert (ed). Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy (9-74). London: Routledge.
Gilbert, P. (2005b). Social Mentalities: A biopsychosocial and evolutionary reflection on social relationships. In, M.W. Baldwin (ed). Interpersonal Cognition. (p. 299-335). New York: Guilford.
Gilbert, P., Allan, S. & Goss, K. (1996). Parental representations, shame interpersonal problems and vulnerability to psychopathology. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 3, 23-34.
Gilbert, P., Baldwin, M., Irons, C., Baccus, J. & Clark, M. (2006). Self-criticism and self-warmth: An imagery study exploring their relation to depression. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly. 20, 183-200.
Gilbert, P., Clarke, M., Kempel, S. Miles, J.N.V. & Irons, C. (2004). Criticizing and reassuring oneself: An exploration of forms style and reasons in female students. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 43, 31-50.
Gilbert P & Irons, C. (2004). A pilot exploration of the use of compassionate images in a group of self-critical people. Memory, 12, 507-516.
Gilbert P & Irons C. (2005). Focused therapies and compassionate mind training for shame and self-attacking. In, P. Gilbert (ed). Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy (263-325). London: Routledge.
Gilbert, P & Leahy, R (in press). The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies. London: Routledge.
Gilbert, P. & Miles J.N.V. (2000). Sensitivity to put-down: Its relationship to perceptions of shame, social anxiety, depression, anger and self-other blame. Personality and Individual Differences, 29, 757-774.
Goss, K., Gilbert, P. & Allan, S. (1994). An exploration of shame measures: I: The ‘other as shamer’ scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 713-717.
References
- ^ The Compassionate Mind: A New Approach to Life’s Challenges. Constable and Robinson, Ltd. 1997. ISBN 9781849010986.
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- ^ http://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/apr/22/paul-gilbert-mental-health
- ^ http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/paul-gilbert-phd
- ^ http://pb.rcpsych.org/content/35/3/ibc.full
- ^ http://www.compassionatewellbeing.com/workshop-leaders.html
Video Links
- Empathy and Compassion in Society 2012[1]
- Healthy North Coast [2]
- CCARE, Stanford University [3]
