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James N. Kirby

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Senior Lecturer

University of Queensland

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James N. Kirby is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research focuses on the role of compassion in mental health and well-being, exploring topics such as workplace interventions, self-compassion, and the impact of attachment on compassionate behavior. Recent publications include investigations into compassion-based training for school employees and the effects of compassion-focused interventions on various populations, including autistic adults.

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Supporting the wellbeing of workers with injury: Compassion-focused approaches using digital technology

Open Date: 2019-01-01

Close Date: 2021-01-01

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Talitha Best

Central Queensland University

AUSTRALIA

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Steven Rynne

University of Queensland

AUSTRALIA

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Margaret Osborne

Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Music (Performance Science)

University of Melbourne

AUSTRALIA

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Vincent Mancini

University of Western Australia

AUSTRALIA

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Mark Nielsen

AUSTRALIA

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Chantelle Clarke

Lecturer (Undergraduate Psychology)

Central Queensland University - Cairns Campus

AUSTRALIA

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Peyman Abkhezr

Senior Lecturer

Griffith University

AUSTRALIA

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Fiona Kate Barlow

University of Queensland

AUSTRALIA

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Charlie Crimston

Lecturer

Australian National University

AUSTRALIA

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Nicola Burton

Griffith University

AUSTRALIA

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paul Gilbert

Professor

UNITED KINGDOM

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Jack Brett

University in Western Australia

AUSTRALIA

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Jakob Hohwy

MONASH UNIVERSITY

AUSTRALIA

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Matthew Sanders

Professor of Parenting Studies

University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

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Fearing Compassion Under the Weight of Stigma: A Structural Equation Model Study on Depressive Symptoms in Women With Lipoedema

Targeting Shame and Guilt in Psychotherapy: From Conceptual Understanding to Diverse Therapeutic Approaches

A qualitative analysis of a psychoeducational video resource to reduce stigma for those who hear voices: The compassion focused therapy ‘Stuart video’

Compassion Focused Therapy to Address Shame and Guilt: A Case Study of a Client With Complex PTSD

How People Respond to Simulated Disclosures of Non-Physical Intimate Partner Violence

Coaching under pressure in Australian high-performance sport: A qualitative study of coach mental performance

A qualitative study of compassion from the perspective of adolescents: a foundation for counselling practice

The flows of compassion to help create a more connected world

Fathers’ Self-Compassion and Child Attachment Quality: Testing a Sequential Indirect Effect via Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Loneliness, and Psychological Distress in Two Paternal Samples

Compassion as a transdiagnostic target to reduce mental health symptoms and promote well-being

A preliminary investigation into self-compassion and compassion-based intervention for mental health in the performing arts

Daily effects of a brief compassion‐focused intervention for self‐compassion

Examining the Impact of a Brief Compassion Focused Intervention on Everyday Experiences of Compassion in Autistic Adults Through Psychophysiology and Experience Sampling

Compassion focused imagery reduces fears of compassion irrespective of attachment.

Understanding Parenting Behavior in Junior Rugby League in Australia

The effectiveness of brief workplace compassion-focussed training in improving wellbeing of stressed school employees

Social rank and compassion: How insecure striving, social safeness and fears of compassion mediate the relationship between masculinity, depression and anxiety

A Brief Compassion Focused Therapy Intervention Can Increase Moral Expansiveness: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Attachment and propensity for reporting compassionate opportunities and behavior in everyday life

Beliefs about action efficacy mediate the relationship between self-concept clarity and self-reported compassionate action.

A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame

Stages of lipoedema: experiences of physical and mental health and health care

A brief compassion focused therapy intervention can help self‐critical parents and their children: A randomised controlled trial

Therapist perspectives on working with fears, blocks and resistances to compassion in compassion focused therapy

Testing the bounds of compassion in young children

Nurturing self-compassionate performers

The experience of loneliness: The role of fears of compassion and social safeness

Editorial: Expanding the Science of Compassion

Fear leads to suffering: Fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundary

Collaborators (14)

Talitha Best

Steven Rynne

Margaret Osborne

Vincent Mancini

Mark Nielsen

Chantelle Clarke

Peyman Abkhezr

Fiona Kate Barlow

Charlie Crimston

Nicola Burton

paul Gilbert

Jack Brett

Jakob Hohwy

Matthew Sanders

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