Pol Gilbert

Pol Rejmond Gilbert (rođen 20. jula 1951) je britanski klinički psiholog. Gilbert je osnivač terapije usmerene na saosećanje (eng. compassion focused therapy; CFT), saosećajnog treniranja uma (eng. compassionate mind training; CMT) i autor nekoliko uticajnih naučnih dela, poput knjiga su Mozak: nov pristup izazovima života i Prevazilaženje depresije.

Pol Gilbert
Puno ime	Pol Rejmond Gilbert
Datum rođenja	(1951-07-20)20. jul 1951.
Mesto rođenja	Gambija
Univerzitet	Univerzitetu u Derbiju
Zanimanje	Psiholog
Značajni radovi	Mozak: nov pristup izazovima života, Prevazilaženje depresije
Nagrade	Orden Britanskog carstva

Između ostalih zvanja, Gilbert je i profesor na Univerzitetu u Derbiju, a 2011. godine je odlikovan Ordenom Britanske imperije (eng. Order of the British Empire; OBE) zbog njegovog doprinosa u razvoju mentalnog zdravstva.

Mladost i obrazovanje

Gilbert je rođen u Gambiji, ali je 1962. godine počeo da pohađa britanski internat. Dok je bio mlad, želeo je da bude rok gitarista, ali, po njegovim rečima, "nažalost, bio sam veoma prosečan svirač i shvatio sam da me ovo neće odvesti daleko". Osnovne studije ekonomije je završio na Univerzitetu Vulverhempton 1973. godine, nakon čega se zainteresovao za psihologiju. Nedugo potom, 1975. godine, Gilbert je završio master studije eksperimentalne psihologije na Univerzitetu u Saseksu, a zatim doktorske studije klinička psihologije na Univerzitetu u Edinburgu 1980. godine.

Klinička psihologija

Gilbert je postao član Britanskog psihološkog društva 1993. godine zbog svog doprinosa psihologiji, a 2003. godine je izabran za predsednika Britanskog udruženja za kognitivnu i bihejvioralnu psihoterapiju. Do 2011. godine, Gilbert je objavio i uredio 21 knjigu, preko 100 akademskih radova i 50 poglavlja u knjigama. Pored toga, Gilbert je i urednik serije knjiga „Saosećajni pristupi životnim poteškoćama“. Van Britanije, član je grupe za istraživanje emocija, ličnosti i altruizma na Institutu Rajt u Kaliforniji (1992 – danas), i gostujući je profesor na Univerzitetu u Friburgu i Švajcarskoj i Univerzitetu u Koimbri u Portugaliji.

Značajne publikacije

 

• Gilbert, P. (1984). Depression: From Psychology to Brain State. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
• Gilbert, P. (1989). Human Nature and Suffering. Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Gilbert, P. (1992). Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness. Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd. And New York: Guilford.
• Gilbert, P. (1993). Defence and safety: Their function in social behaviour and psychopathology. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 32, 131-153.
• Gilbert, P. (1997). The evolution of social attractiveness and its role in shame, humiliation, guilt and therapy. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 70, 113-147.
• Gilbert, P. (1998). What is shame? Some core issues and controversies. In, P. Gilbert & B. Andrews, (eds) Shame: Interpersonal Behavior, Psychopathology and Culture. (pp. 3–36). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Gilbert, P. (2000). Social mentalities: Internal ‘social’ conflicts and the role of inner warmth and compassion in cognitive therapy. In, P. Gilbert & Bailey K.G (eds.) Genes on the Couch: Explorations in Evolutionary Psychotherapy (p. 118-150). Hove: Brenner-Routledge.
• Gilbert, P. (2003). Evolution, social roles, and differences in shame and guilt. Social Research: An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences 70, 1205-1230
• Gilbert, P. (2005a) Compassion and cruelty: A biopsychosocial approach. In, P Gilbert (ed). Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy (9-74). London: Routledge.
• Gilbert, P. (2005b). Social Mentalities: A biopsychosocial and evolutionary reflection on social relationships. In, M.W. Baldwin (ed). Interpersonal Cognition. (p. 299-335). New York: Guilford.
• Gilbert, P., Allan, S. & Goss, K. (1996). Parental representations, shame interpersonal problems and vulnerability to psychopathology. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 3, 23-34.
• Gilbert, P., Baldwin, M., Irons, C., Baccus, J. & Clark, M. (2006). Self-criticism and self-warmth: An imagery study exploring their relation to depression. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly. 20, 183-200.
• Gilbert, P., Clarke, M., Kempel, S. Miles, J.N.V. & Irons, C. (2004). Criticizing and reassuring oneself: An exploration of forms style and reasons in female students. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 43, 31-50.
• Gilbert P & Irons, C. (2004). A pilot exploration of the use of compassionate images in a group of self-critical people. Memory, 12, 507-516.
• Gilbert P & Irons C. (2005). Focused therapies and compassionate mind training for shame and self-attacking. In, P. Gilbert (ed). Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy (263-325). London: Routledge.
• Gilbert, P & Leahy, R (in press). The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies. London: Routledge.
• Gilbert, P. & Miles J.N.V. (2000). Sensitivity to put-down: Its relationship to perceptions of shame, social anxiety, depression, anger and self-other blame. Personality and Individual Differences, 29, 757-774.
• Allan, S. & Gilbert, P. (1995). A social comparison scale: Psychometric properties and relationship to psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 19, 293-299.
• Allan, S & Gilbert, P. (1997). Submissive behaviour and psychopathology. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 36, 467-488.
• Allan, S., Gilbert, P. & Goss, K. (1994). An exploration of shame measures: II: Psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 719-722.
• Cheung, M.S.P., Gilbert P & Irons, C (2004). An exploration of shame, social rank and rumination in relation to depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 1143-1153.
• Goss, K., Gilbert, P. & Allan, S. (1994). An exploration of shame measures: I: The ‘other as shamer’ scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 713-717.