"The suffering will be relieved and from this comes joy."

Dr Isabelle Leboeuf is a psychologist and psychotherapist in France. In her clinical work, she integrates hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and compassion-focused therapy in working with people with a wide range of mental and physical health distress. She has a private practice in the North of France. Her PhD research project focused on compassion focused therapy. She is interested in the theoretical and clinical developments and adaptations of compassion focused therapy in the light of scientific knowledge around human relations, love and social joy.

Time Stamps:

4.40 Tell us a bit about yourself, your work, your life.

6.37 Tell us a bit about your PhD and your research findings.

9.19 Social joy as part of the mechanisms of compassionate motivation.

11.46 "The suffering will be relieved and from this comes joy."

14.34 Tell us about your journey into compassion and self-compassion.

25.06 Tell us about how you use compassion and compassion focused therapy in your work.

28.26 How might you work with transference and counter-transference from a CFT perspective?

35.10 What challenges do you notice working with clients from a CFT perspective?

39.16 What is next for you professionally?

45.02 What are three tips you would offer others who are making their way on their own compassionate journey?

50.36 How can people find you and engage with you and your work?

Website:

https://joycompassion.org/

Social Media:

Facebook: Isabelle Leboeuf

Twitter: @isacompassion

YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC6g6VtIKO8_wnpD4jM4wvWA

Research:

Can compassion-focused imagery be used as an attention bias modification treatment? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348295812_Can_compassion-focused_imagery_be_used_as_an_attention_bias_modification_treatment

Validation of the French version of the Forms of Self‐Criticizing/Attacking and Self‐Reassuring Scale (FSCRS). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337190417_Validation_of_the_French_version_of_the_Forms_of_Self-CriticizingAttacking_and_Self-Reassuring_Scale_FSCRS