Compassion focused therapy for self-stigma and shame in autism: a single case pre-experimental study.

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Date publication

janvier 2024

Journal

Frontiers in psychiatry

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr ROHMER Odile


Tous les auteurs :
Riebel M, Krasny-Pacini A, Manolov R, Rohmer O, Weiner L

Résumé

Exposure to public stigma can lead to the internalization of autism-related stigma (i.e., self-stigma), associated with negative health, occupational and social outcomes. Importantly, self-stigma is linked to shame and social isolation. Although elevated self-stigma has been reported in autistic adults, to the best of our knowledge, interventions designed to target this issue are lacking. Compassion is an effective way to reduce the emotional correlates of self-stigma (i.e., shame) and their impacts on mental health. However, no study has investigated whether compassion focused therapy (CFT) can effectively reduce self-stigma in autistic adults. The present study aims at investigating whether and how self-compassion improvement following CFT may reduce self-stigma and shame in an autistic individual.

Mots clés

CFT, autism, compassion focused therapy, self-compassion, self-stigma, shame

Référence

Front Psychiatry. 2024 01 8;14:1281428