Editing Compassion (section)

=== Psychotherapy ===
{{Further|Compassion focused therapy}}
Compassion-focused therapy, created by clinical psychologist Professor [[Paul Gilbert (psychologist)|Paul Gilbert]], focuses on the evolutionary psychology behind compassion: balancing of affect regulation systems (e.g. using affiliative emotions from the care-and-contentment system to soothe and reduce painful emotions from the threat-detection system).{{technical inline|date=July 2023}}<ref>{{Citation |last1=Lopes |first1=Ana Filipa |title=Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) |date=5 December 2020 |url=https://epg.pubpub.org/pub/1eabo1h0/release/1 |journal=EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook |publisher=PubPub |language=en |doi=10.21428/fc0b32aa.3296abfc |access-date=30 December 2020 |last2=Silva |first2=Filipa Martins |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>Gilbert, Paul,"The Compassionate Mind (Compassion Focused Therapy)"{{full citation needed|date=July 2023}}</ref>