Stopped: The prevalence of CFT at the counseling center and university made it difficult during recruitment of subjects to find participants without exposure to CFT to be used as a treatment-as-usual control.
The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that takes place at Brigham Young University's (BYU) Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). The proposed study follows from the CAPS open trial which led to revisions of the compassion-focused therapy (CFT) protocol authored by Paul Gilbert. In essence, the study is taking existing evidence-based group treatments offered at CAPS, and comparing patient outcomes in a systematic manner. The investigators intend to replicate the improvement rates observed in the open trial with the revised CFT protocol and ascertain if outcomes are comparable to members who receive treatment-as-usual-TAU CAPS groups and those receiving CFT. Hypotheses: 1. Group members attending a 12-session CFT group will have higher levels of compassion and self-reassurance as well as lower levels of self-criticism (and self-hate), fears of compassion, shame, and psychiatric distress when compared to members attending the parallel TAU groups. 2. Amount of change in compassion, self-reassurance, self-criticism (and self-hate), fears of compassion, and shame will be comparable for CFT measures authored by Dr. Gilbert as measures developed by independent compassion researchers. 3. There will be comparable levels of change in general psychiatric distress, as measured by the Outcome Questionnaire -45 (OQ-45), in members attending CFT and TAU groups. However, there will be greater change in members attending CFT groups on measures of compassion. 4. CFT will lead to lower levels of internalized shame through the mechanisms of fear reduction and increases in the 3 flows of compassion.
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AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.
Fears of Compassion Scale (FCS)
Timeframe: Pre-treatment (prior to first session, with measures cut off at session two)
Fears of Compassion Scale (FCS)
Timeframe: Mid-treatment (between week six and week seven of intervention)
Fears of Compassion Scale (FCS)
Timeframe: Post-treatment (within two weeks of the conclusion of the twelfth group session)
Fears of Compassion Scale (FCS)
Timeframe: 90-day assessment (90 days after completion of intervention)
Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales (CEAS)
Timeframe: Pre-treatment (prior to first session, with measures cut off at session two)
Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales (CEAS)
Timeframe: Mid-treatment (between week six and week seven of intervention)
Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales (CEAS)
Timeframe: Post-treatment (within two weeks of the conclusion of the twelfth group session)
Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales (CEAS)
Timeframe: 90-day assessment (90 days after completion of intervention)
Forms of Self Criticism and Self Reassuring Scale (FSCRS)
Timeframe: Pre-treatment (prior to first session, with measures cut off at session two)
Forms of Self Criticism and Self Reassuring Scale (FSCRS)
Timeframe: Mid-treatment (between week six and week seven of intervention)
Forms of Self Criticism and Self Reassuring Scale (FSCRS)
Timeframe: Post-treatment (within two weeks of the conclusion of the twelfth group session)
Forms of Self Criticism and Self Reassuring Scale (FSCRS)
Timeframe: 90-day assessment (90 days after completion of intervention)
Self-criticism and Rumination Scale (SCRS)
Timeframe: Pre-treatment (prior to first session, with measures cut off at session two)
Self-criticism and Rumination Scale (SCRS)
Timeframe: Mid-treatment (between week six and week seven of intervention)
Self-criticism and Rumination Scale (SCRS)
Timeframe: Post-treatment (within two weeks of the conclusion of the twelfth group session)
Self-criticism and Rumination Scale (SCRS)
Timeframe: 90-day assessment (90 days after completion of intervention)
External and Internal Shame Scale (EISS)
Timeframe: Pre-treatment (prior to first session, with measures cut off at session two)
External and Internal Shame Scale (EISS)
Timeframe: Mid-treatment (between week six and week seven of intervention)
External and Internal Shame Scale (EISS)
Timeframe: Post-treatment (within two weeks of the conclusion of the twelfth group session)
External and Internal Shame Scale (EISS)
Timeframe: 90-day assessment (90 days after completion of intervention)