James Kirby
@jameskirby.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist | PhD | Assoc. Prof. & Co-Director of Compassionate Mind Research Group at The University of Queensland
Haven’t been able to stop playing around with the my three circles app. In screenshots below it shows the loving kindness track I did, as well as my circles pre & post. The graph is how I’ve been tracking over the last week.
Here is a link to the app:
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
Here is a link to the app:
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
October 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Haven’t been able to stop playing around with the my three circles app. In screenshots below it shows the loving kindness track I did, as well as my circles pre & post. The graph is how I’ve been tracking over the last week.
Here is a link to the app:
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
Here is a link to the app:
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
Absolutely thrilled to announce that My Three Circles is now available for download on Apple!
Track your emotions over time using the Three Circles, central in Compassion Focused Therapy. Also a range of audio guided exercises
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
Track your emotions over time using the Three Circles, central in Compassion Focused Therapy. Also a range of audio guided exercises
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
October 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Absolutely thrilled to announce that My Three Circles is now available for download on Apple!
Track your emotions over time using the Three Circles, central in Compassion Focused Therapy. Also a range of audio guided exercises
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
Track your emotions over time using the Three Circles, central in Compassion Focused Therapy. Also a range of audio guided exercises
apps.apple.com/au/app/my-th...
My PhD student Teagan Lloyd-Collins just had her first pub accepted in Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review!
A Compassion-Focused Approach to Support Parents After Preterm Birth
It’s available now as a preprint here:
osf.io/preprints/psya…
Congratulations!
A Compassion-Focused Approach to Support Parents After Preterm Birth
It’s available now as a preprint here:
osf.io/preprints/psya…
Congratulations!
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My PhD student Teagan Lloyd-Collins just had her first pub accepted in Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review!
A Compassion-Focused Approach to Support Parents After Preterm Birth
It’s available now as a preprint here:
osf.io/preprints/psya…
Congratulations!
A Compassion-Focused Approach to Support Parents After Preterm Birth
It’s available now as a preprint here:
osf.io/preprints/psya…
Congratulations!
An absolute honour to be speaking as part of this panal at the Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand at the Brisbane Convention Centre today. Our symposium was titled Beyone Birth: Compassionate Care After Birth Trauma.
March 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
An absolute honour to be speaking as part of this panal at the Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand at the Brisbane Convention Centre today. Our symposium was titled Beyone Birth: Compassionate Care After Birth Trauma.
Here are some preliminary sketches we are going to use for a new Compassion Focused Therapy resource we have coming out soon…..super excited!!!! 🔵🔴🟢 illustrations by the brilliant Nicole Lekach
February 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Here are some preliminary sketches we are going to use for a new Compassion Focused Therapy resource we have coming out soon…..super excited!!!! 🔵🔴🟢 illustrations by the brilliant Nicole Lekach
Had an excellent time at the 2025 Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) on the Good Cost. My Keynote was on Compassion as a Transdiagnostic Target to help with Mental Health @UQPsych. Highly recommend this conference which will be in Auckland 2026!
February 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Had an excellent time at the 2025 Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) on the Good Cost. My Keynote was on Compassion as a Transdiagnostic Target to help with Mental Health @UQPsych. Highly recommend this conference which will be in Auckland 2026!
Congratulations Ton-Lin for successfully passing your confirmation today. His PhD is focused on the institutional factors influencing compassion in healthcare. Very lucky to have the expertise of Prof Nathan Consedine as Associate supervisor! And yes Ton-Lin much taller than me
February 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Congratulations Ton-Lin for successfully passing your confirmation today. His PhD is focused on the institutional factors influencing compassion in healthcare. Very lucky to have the expertise of Prof Nathan Consedine as Associate supervisor! And yes Ton-Lin much taller than me
Super excited about this one. Definitely the hardest paper I’ve written. But certainly most satisfying and rewarding. And thanks to all my friends and colleagues who listened to me during it. Hopefully be out in a few months. Now going through final editing and re-drawing of the visuals
December 12, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Super excited about this one. Definitely the hardest paper I’ve written. But certainly most satisfying and rewarding. And thanks to all my friends and colleagues who listened to me during it. Hopefully be out in a few months. Now going through final editing and re-drawing of the visuals
A massive congratulations to Dr Deanna Varley who graduated today from the University of Queensland with a 2024 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses! Dr Chase Sherwell and I couldn’t be more happy for you Deanna! Woohoo!!!!!
December 6, 2024 at 8:16 AM
A massive congratulations to Dr Deanna Varley who graduated today from the University of Queensland with a 2024 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses! Dr Chase Sherwell and I couldn’t be more happy for you Deanna! Woohoo!!!!!
Another workshop done to help those who want to donate blood but fear needles. Awesome to be part of this research project with UQ and Lifeblood and the whole team. The participants are just amazing!!
November 28, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Another workshop done to help those who want to donate blood but fear needles. Awesome to be part of this research project with UQ and Lifeblood and the whole team. The participants are just amazing!!
Fantastic day at the UQ Learning Lab symposium. Phenomenal talks, terrific research and just a wonderful group of people. Thanks Dr Stephanie MacMahon for pulling it altogether!
November 22, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Fantastic day at the UQ Learning Lab symposium. Phenomenal talks, terrific research and just a wonderful group of people. Thanks Dr Stephanie MacMahon for pulling it altogether!
In a new pre-print experience sampling study led by Deanna Varley we found noticing your suffering & not acting leads to -ve emotional experience, but if you do act it leads to +ve emotional experience. Self-compassionate action for the win osf.io/preprints/ps...
February 13, 2024 at 11:24 AM
In a new pre-print experience sampling study led by Deanna Varley we found noticing your suffering & not acting leads to -ve emotional experience, but if you do act it leads to +ve emotional experience. Self-compassionate action for the win osf.io/preprints/ps...
An absolute career highlight to be speaking as part of the 2024 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute with some amazing people on such an important topic. If you are interested in coming there is still time to apply, deadline Jan 29th, all details here: www.mindandlife.org/event/summer...
January 17, 2024 at 9:59 AM
An absolute career highlight to be speaking as part of the 2024 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute with some amazing people on such an important topic. If you are interested in coming there is still time to apply, deadline Jan 29th, all details here: www.mindandlife.org/event/summer...
Pumped with getting these proofs today from #mindfulness on how a brief #compassion focused therapy seminar can increase moral expansiveness @drcharlie.bsky.social
January 6, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Pumped with getting these proofs today from #mindfulness on how a brief #compassion focused therapy seminar can increase moral expansiveness @drcharlie.bsky.social
For friends in the UK you can get your own copy of our Compassion Focused Therapy Manual with 20% off with free shipping. Details here psychologicaltherapybooks.co.uk/product/essent… #365daysofcompassion
January 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
For friends in the UK you can get your own copy of our Compassion Focused Therapy Manual with 20% off with free shipping. Details here psychologicaltherapybooks.co.uk/product/essent… #365daysofcompassion
Findings from this meta-analysis suggest that CFT is effective in reducing depression, self-criticism, and in improving compassion for self and others in both clinical and nonclinical samples. Paper here psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...
January 2, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Findings from this meta-analysis suggest that CFT is effective in reducing depression, self-criticism, and in improving compassion for self and others in both clinical and nonclinical samples. Paper here psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...
In a world where it feels like we are growing apart, how do we make the opposite happen and grow our moral circles? Our new paper, just accepted in Mindfulness, found a brief compassion focused intervention can do just this! Great with Dr Charlie Crimston and Dr April Hoang. Paper coming soon…
December 11, 2023 at 4:48 AM
In a world where it feels like we are growing apart, how do we make the opposite happen and grow our moral circles? Our new paper, just accepted in Mindfulness, found a brief compassion focused intervention can do just this! Great with Dr Charlie Crimston and Dr April Hoang. Paper coming soon…
Beautiful here at Burleigh
November 30, 2023 at 4:38 AM
Beautiful here at Burleigh
I’ve had an amazing time in Melbourne at the Peter Mac Cancer Center delivering some Compassion Focused Therapy training with the most incredible psychology/psychiatry team. Just totally blown away by it all and the compassionate work done here. Thank you Maria & Vanessa!
November 23, 2023 at 9:30 AM
I’ve had an amazing time in Melbourne at the Peter Mac Cancer Center delivering some Compassion Focused Therapy training with the most incredible psychology/psychiatry team. Just totally blown away by it all and the compassionate work done here. Thank you Maria & Vanessa!
Had a great time at the 12th International Compassionate Mind Foundation where I gave a keynote on compassion and parenting. Some incredible speakers, researchers and clinicians at the conference. Had a fantastic time and chaired a brilliant symposium on compassion and the early years
October 14, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Had a great time at the 12th International Compassionate Mind Foundation where I gave a keynote on compassion and parenting. Some incredible speakers, researchers and clinicians at the conference. Had a fantastic time and chaired a brilliant symposium on compassion and the early years
Good to be on the new platform and keen to connect. I study compassion. And we have a new book coming out 16th of Feb 2024, a manual of Compassion Focused Therapy. Keen to connect with anyone examining compassion. Also love coffee and love the beach
October 13, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Good to be on the new platform and keen to connect. I study compassion. And we have a new book coming out 16th of Feb 2024, a manual of Compassion Focused Therapy. Keen to connect with anyone examining compassion. Also love coffee and love the beach