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Compassion-focused therapy strategies that can help them overcome symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), foster a sense of well-being.

About the Author

Deborah A. Lee, PhD, is a consultant clinical psychologist, head of a national treatment centre for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Berkshire, UK, and an honorary senior lecturer in clinical psychology at the University College London. Lee has worked with adult survivors of rape, interpersonal violence, and childhood abuse for more than twenty years and specializes in treating shame-based PTSD and complex trauma. She has pioneered the use of compassion-focused therapy with those suffering from shame-based PTSD and complex trauma and widely disseminated her clinical knowledge through writing and delivering clinical workshops in North America and Europe.