Lucre, K., Ashworth, F., Copello, A., Jones, C., & Gilbert, P. (2024). Compassion Focused Group Psychotherapy for attachment and relational trauma: Engaging people with a diagnosis of personality disorder. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 97(2), 318-338. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/papt.12518

Takeaway Long-term, paced group compassion therapy can support sustained psychological change and improve real-world engagement in people with complex relational trauma.

 

Gilbert P, Basran JK, Raven J, Gilbert H, Petrocchi N, Cheli S, Rayner A, Hayes A, Lucre K, Minou P, Giles D, Byrne F, Newton E and McEwan K (2022) Compassion Focused Group Therapy for People With a Diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Feasibility Study. Front. Psychol. 13:841932. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.841932 Frontiers | Compassion Focused Group Therapy for People With a Diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Feasibility Study

Takeaway: Evidence that Compassion Focused Therapy can help people with bipolar disorder by improving emotional regulation, reducing self-criticism, and supporting psychophysiological wellbeing.

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Lucre, K. (2021). An evaluation of compassion focused group psychotherapy for those at the ‘edge of therapeutic opportunity’ [PhD Thesis, University of Birmingham]. https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/11623/

Takeaway: The thesis suggests that a slow-paced, long-term compassion group approach is more effective than short programmes for complex trauma populations.

 

Lucre, K., & Clapton, N. (2020). The Compassionate Kitbag: A creative and integrative approach to compassion-focused therapy. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, e12291. The Compassionate Kitbag: A Creative and Integrative Approach To Compassion Focused Therapy | PDF | Attachment Theory | Psychotherapy

Takeaway: Provides clinical techniques for expanding compassion therapy beyond verbal work, useful for people with trauma and high self-criticism.

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Bennett-Levy, J., Roxburgh, N., Hibner, L., Bala, S., Edwards, S., Lucre, K., Cohen, G., O’Connor, D., Keogh, S., & Gilbert, P. (2020). Arts-Based Compassion Skills Training (ABCST): Channelling Compassion Focused Therapy Through Visual Arts for Australia’s Indigenous Peoples. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. Frontiers | Arts-Based Compassion Skills Training (ABCST): Channelling Compassion Focused Therapy Through Visual Arts for Australia’s Indigenous Peoples

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Lucre, K. M., & Corten, N. (2013). An exploration of group compassion-focused therapy for personality disorder. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 86(4), 387–400.

Takeaway: Early evidence supported CFT’s feasibility and possible long-term benefits in group formats for complex clinical populations.