Compassion Formulation
Unintended
Consequences
External
Internal
Historical Influences
Key Fears
Safety / Defensive
Behaviors
External
External
Internal
Internal
Emotional Shame Memories
Self as...
Others as...
Self-to-Self Relating
PSYCHOLOGYT
LS
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Compassion Formulation
Unintended
Consequences
External
Push people away
Not spend time with others
Internal
Historical Influences
Emotional Shame Memories
Key Fears
External
External
People with leave me
People will reject me
Be aggressive - attack before
I am attacked
Hide away from people
Internal
Internal
Experiences of rejection
Bullying
Self as...
Others as...
Worthless
Weak
Crap
Rejecting
Powerful
Agressive
PSYCHOLOGYT
LS
Safety / Defensive
Behaviors
I’m shameful
I’m a horrible person
I’m dirty
I’m a failure
Confirms my beliefs about
myself
Mentally avoid
Self-to-Self Relating
Self-critical voice
“I really am worthless”
“I’m horrible”
“I’m stupid”
“I’m not worth knowing”
This formulation has been adapted from material that Paul Gilbert developed for the Compassionate Mind website
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Compassion Formulation
what I do to protect
myself from other
people
Annotated
Unintended
Consequences
External
Other people don’t
understand or know me
Internal
Historical Influences
Only child
‘Crap’ upbringing
Emotional Shame Memories
Experiences of rejection
Bullying
Self as...
Others as...
Worthless
Weak
Crap
Rejecting
Powerful
Agressive
Key Fears
External
External
People will leave me
People will reject me
Be aggressive - attack before
I am attacked
Hide away from people
Internal
Internal
LS
Mentally avoid
Ruminate about what’s
wrong with me
Compare self to others
I’m shameful
I’m a horrible person
I’m dirty
I’m a failure
How we worry that we live in other’s minds
internal key fears sometimes have a
bit of a ‘core belief’ flavour to them
they might be a bit less ‘verbal’
than traditional CBT core beliefs though
PSYCHOLOGYT
Safety / Defensive
Behaviors
confirms
what I do to protect
myself from myself
Feelings become too much
I don’t understand what’s
happening to me
Self-to-Self Relating
Self-critical voice
“I really am worthless”
“I’m horrible”
“I’m stupid”
“I’m not worth knowing”
This formulation has been adapted from material that Paul Gilbert developed for the Compassionate Mind website
Thanks to Dr Carmen Chan for helpful discussion of the model
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