文档介绍：“This book will help you stop undermining yourself with
debilitating self-criticism and start giving yourself the same
kindness, encouragement, and support you’d give to a good
friend. With straightforward explanations of concepts and
dozens of easy and practical exercises to build self-confidence
through passion, this book has the power to change
your life.”
—Kristin Neff, PhD, author of passion and
associate professor, University of Texas at Austin
“Compassionate Mind approaches are one of the most exciting
developments in cognitive behavior therapy. Mary Welford has
written an easy-to-read interactive book that distils the core
features of developing a different relationship with one’s mind
and paradoxically building one’s self-confidence.”
—Professor David Veale, Institute of Psychiatry,
King’s College London
“Hugely approachable, sympathetic, and fun. I’d mend
this book to anyone wanting to improve their self-confidence.
Choc-full of brilliant clinical metaphors and creative
techniques, it will also be invaluable to any therapist wanting a
primer on this fascinating area.”
—Sam Cartwright-Hatton, clinical psychologist and
NIHR fellow, University of Sussex
“This is a wonderful book! Welford has beautifully written a
remarkable book that takes us to the heart of building self-
confidence through developing passion. This book is
based on a robust science of mind that leads directly to
sensitive and kind-hearted understanding of how we develop
self-critical ways of coping with difficult and stressful life
experiences. This book enables you to develop an empathic
understanding of the origins of shame and also provides
practical skills and techniques in developing passionate
mind as the basis for self-confidence. This book is a highly
accessible and practically useful means of developing and
ing obstacles to passion.”
—Professor Andrew Gumley, University of Glasgow,
UK
“Mary Welford’s book is helpful, informative, and inte