Shame, Post-Psychotic Trauma, and Compassion-Focused Therapy

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Research from the U.K. explores the role of shame in relation to psychosis and mental illness, and makes recommendations regarding its assessment and the use of Compassion Focused Therapy regarding its assessment and treatment.

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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and his partner, Luisa Putnam, joined by their mutual interest in working with trauma and psychosis, studied Open Dialogue in Finland and Peer-supported Open Dialogue in the UK in order to practice and teach as a team. In 2011, they joined with Robert Whitaker to found the Mad in America website

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  1. At this point I’m not too interested in reading abstracts outside of MIA, but I love surfing the headlines and intros you write, Kermit. It is my lived experience as a bipolar for 12 years that shame was a huge part of my illness. I appreciate the attention linked to this Adam-and-Eve-old concept.

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