Dr. Derek Griner - Compassion: Empathy in Action

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Dr. Derek Griner, a psychologist, associate training director and clinical professor at Brigham Young University. Derek Griner is a practicing board-certified counseling psychologist with significant CFT experience. His research focuses on diversity issues for which he received APA’s Division 17 award for excellence in scholarship.

Tune in to hear:

  • What lead Dr. Griner to focus his work and research around compassion specifically?

  • When clinicians like Dr. Griner talk about compassion, what are they talking about exactly and how might this differ from the popular conception of compassion?

  • How do we balance our desire to want to end someone’s suffering without falling into the trap of just wanting to fix everything or go directly to solutions?

  • What are some examples where compassion might look assertive, firm or even defiant?

  • How can we strike a balance between being service-driven and compassionate with meeting our own needs and self-compassion?

  • In his book Dr. Griner lays out six principles of compassion – what are a few of these and how did he arrive at them?

  • How might we apply the thought that “it’s not my fault, but it is my responsibility” in our daily lives?

  • What are the 3 emotional systems Dr. Griner lays out in his book and how do they interact?

  • Why is our “soothing system” typically the least developed of our 3 emotional systems?

  • For those who have particularly large red (anxiety system) or blue (motivation system) circles but malnourished green (soothing system) circles, how can they begin to cultivate this within themselves a bit more?

  • What is the relationship between self-compassion and compassion for others, and why is it often so hard to cut ourselves some slack?

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