#111 – Dr James Kirby on Compassion Focused Therapy
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How Do We Create a Safe Environment?
I've spent so much time and at least in my mind about developing you know the practice that are working from the perspective of how we set up an environment. I remember reading a really powerful cross-cultural psychology book which talked about post the Rwandan genocide. The Americans sent a whole host of mental health professionals to help everyone process through the intense trauma experience through that genocide. It got to a point where the their head of health for the Rwandan government pulled aside the American contingency and just kind of said we don't need your help anymore we have to send you back home. We're taking people into these rooms with nothing on them and they can't see outside and it's fluorescently room
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