Practitioner Tools

Compassion Focused Therapy

Building a Compassionate Image - A handout with guidance on creating a compassionate image

Compassionate Colour Script - A script for a ‘Compassionate Colour’ meditation

Compassionate Letter Writing - Paul Gilbert’s guidance on writing a compassionate letter

Compassionate Action During Hard Times by Dr Helen Correia

Mindful Self-Compassion

Self Compassion Break - by Kristin Neff

Kristin Neff's guidance on writing a compassionate letter

Guidance on integrating self compassion in daily life by the centre for Mindful Self-Compassion

Self-Compassion in ACT

Russ Harris’s guide to developing compassion using an ACT framework

Measurement Tools

Fears of Compassion Scales – Professor Paul Gilbert

Self Compassion Scale – Dr. Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion Scale Short Form - Dr. Kristin Neff

Guidance on selecting compassion-related measures can be found here. An interactive map of compassion-related measures can be found here.

To view a list of books for practitioners, click here