Author

Books by Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He developed Compassion Focused Therapy in the 1980s and 1990s while working with patients whose depression and anxiety were dominated by shame and self-criticism. He has published extensively in academic journals and is the author of several books including Overcoming Depression and The Compassionate Mind Workbook. He was appointed to an Order of the British Empire in 2011 for services to mental health. His work draws on evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, Buddhist philosophy, and attachment theory.