Chapter 3
Compassion-Focused
Therapy
Working with Arising Fears and Resistances
For some people beginning to experience feelings of care
and affection from others and towards oneself is frightening
Common sources of these fears are unprocessed anger to
others and shame linked to disliking oneself or even self-
hatred
As anger and shame are addressed, this can ignite intense
grief and sadness at how shame has trapped us in
aloneness and separation
