Compassion Focused Therapy Online in Groups in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41526

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Compassion Focused Therapy, compassion, covid-19, lapicc against covid, online group interventions

Abstract

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a transdiagnostic treatment approach that aims to develop calm and affiliative capacities as a way to regulate the threat system, which can be very useful in crisis situations, as in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an experience report that aims to present a group intervention of 3 weekly sessions of CFT carried out online, in order to support the population in the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating possible changes in the levels of depression, anxiety, stress and self-compassion. In this study, 106 participants completed the intervention offered within the “LaPICC against COVID-19” program. Significant differences were found in the quantitative measures of depression, anxiety and stress, in addition to self-compassion. Qualitative data also indicated changes in terms of compassion and self-compassion. These findings suggest that compassion can contribute to mental health and psychological well-being, as well as to coping with crises in the participants of this group.

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Nazaré Almeida, Universidade de São Paulo (USP-RP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil; vinculada ao Laboratório de Pesquisa e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Departamento de Psicologia.

Isabela Pizzarro Rebessi, Universidade de São Paulo (USP-RP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil

Mestranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil; vinculada ao Laboratório de Pesquisa e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Departamento de Psicologia.

Karen Szupszynski, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

Pós-doutorado em Psicobiologia pelo Departamento de Psicobiologia da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (USP); professora da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), em Dourados, MS, Brasil e da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Carmem Beatriz Neufeld, Universidade de São Paulo (USP-RP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Pós-doutorado em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Livre-docente em Terapia Cognitivo-comportamental pelo Departamento de Psicologia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

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2021-10-27

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Almeida, N., Rebessi, I. P., Szupszynski, K., & Neufeld, C. B. (2021). Compassion Focused Therapy Online in Groups in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psico, 52(3), e41526. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41526

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Vol. 52 No. 3 (2021): Special Issue - Investigations in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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