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Ines Trindade

Position: Associate Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

Email: ines.trindade@oru.se

Phone: +46 19 302264

Room: L2639

Research subject

Psychology

Research environments

Center for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP)

About Ines Trindade

Inês is a clinical psychologist, lecturer, and researcher with expertise in behavioural medicine. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology (2018), a MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology (2013), and a BSc in Psychological Sciences (2011) from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Inês was a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Coimbra (2019-2021) and, later, at the Institute of Medicine of the University of Gothenburg (2021-2023). She has also worked as Invited Assistant Professor of the Portuguese Institute for Psychology and Other Sciences (Inspsic), since 2019.

Her research and teaching focuses on contextual behavioural science (or third wave Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, compassion-based interventions) and health psychology topics, in particular, psycho-gastroenterology and psycho-oncology. She is currently the course responsible for Health Psychology T2 at Örebro University, where she also supervises MSc theses and leads the EMBRACE Lab (Exploring Mind-Body Relationships And Contextual-bEhavioural interventions in illness).

Inês' research interests relate to the determinants of psychological and physical health/illness, and to the development and evaluation of face-to-face and digital contextual behavioural interventions aiming to improve quality of life and psychosocial functioning, among other health outcomes. Her research so far has mostly involved persons with Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, COVID-19, and chronic pain.

Inês has attracted over 1 million euros (over 12 million SEK) in research funding. She is currently the Principal Investigator of several multidisciplinary research projects (mostly Randomized Controlled Trials), being conducted in Sweden and Portugal.

Inês serves as Associate Editor for the British Journal of Health Psychology and the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science.

Active projects

Development, feasibility, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of an online ACT intervention for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (iACTforDGBI)

Research groups

Publications

Articles in journals

Duan, W. , Wang, J. , Trindade, I. & Zsido, A. N. (2024). Editorial: Psychometrics in Psychiatry 2022: Anxiety and Stress Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14.
Trindade, I. A. , Hreinsson, J. P. , Melchior, C. , Algera, J. P. , Colomier, E. , Törnblom, H. , Drossman, D. , Tack, J. & et al. (2024). Global Prevalence of Psychological Distress and Comorbidity With Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 119 (1), 165-175.
Tyndall, I. , Vagos, P. , Cano, S. , Pinto, H. & Trindade, I. A. (2023). Assessing Psychological Flexibility in Chronic Illness. The Psychological Record, 73 (3), 565-574.
Trindade, I. A. , Pinto, H. , Allen Gomes, A. , Knowles, S. R. & Ferreira, N. B. (2023). Behavioural response to illness: development and validation of a self-report measure of illness behaviour avoidance. Current Psychology, 42 (11), 9261-9269.
Knowles, S. R. , Möller, S. P. , Stengel, A. , Mikocka-Walus, A. , Ferreira, N. , Trindade, I. A. , Mokrowiecka, A. , Burisch, J. & et al. (2023). Exploring the Impact of Covid-19-Related Perceptions on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life in an International Gastrointestinal Cohort Over Time Guided by the Common Sense Model. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 30 (4), 804-820.
Carvalho, S. A. , Skvarc, D. , Barbosa, R. , Tavares, T. , Santos, D. & Trindade, I. A. (2022). A pilot randomized controlled trial of online acceptance and commitment therapy versus compassion-focused therapy for chronic illness. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 29 (2), 524-541.
Oliveira, S. , Trindade, I. A. , Rosado, A. , Cunha, M. & Ferreira, C. (2022). Development and initial validation of athletes’ perceptions of coach-related critical attitudes scale. Current Psychology, 41 (11), 7512-7521.
Mikocka-Walus, A. , Skvarc, D. , de Acosta, M. B. , Evertsz, F. B. , Bernstein, C. N. , Burisch, J. , Ferreira, N. , Gearry, R. B. & et al. (2022). Exploring the Relationship Between Self-Isolation and Distress Among People with Gastrointestinal Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 29 (3), 654-665.
Hayes, B. , Apputhurai, P. , Mikocka-Walus, A. , Barreiro-de Acosta, M. , Bernstein, C. N. , Burgell, R. , Burisch, J. , Bennebroek Evertsz, F. & et al. (2022). Extending the Common Sense Model to Explore the Impact of the Fear of COVID-19 on Quality of Life in an International Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 29 (3), 678-688.
Lo, B. , Acosta, M. B. , Bernstein, C. N. , Burisch, J. , Ferreira, N. , Gearry, R. B. , Mikocka-Walus, A. , Mokrowiecka, A. & et al. (2022). Fear of COVID-19 Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease as Compared to Patients with Other Gastrointestinal Conditions. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 33 (8), 664-672.
Trindade, I. A. , Vagos, P. , Moreira, H. , Fernandes, D. V. & Tyndall, I. (2022). Further validation of the 18-item Portuguese CompACT scale using a multi-sample design: Confirmatory factor analysis and correlates of psychological flexibility. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 25, 1-9.
Matos-Pina, I. , Trindade, I. A. & Ferreira, C. (2022). Internal and External Shame in Healthy and Chronically Ill Samples: Exploring Links to Psychological Health. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 29 (2), 412-420.
Melchior, C. , Colomier, E. , Trindade, I. A. , Khadija, M. , Hreinsson, J. P. , Törnblom, H. & Simrén, M. (2022). Irritable bowel syndrome: Factors of importance for disease-specific quality of life. United European Gastroenterology journal, 10 (7), 754-764.
Trindade, I. A. , Melchior, C. , Colomier, E. , Algera, J. , Törnblom, H. & Simrén, M. (2022). Letter in response to Black et al. (2020). Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 34 (6).
Trindade, I. A. , Melchior, C. , Törnblom, H. & Simrén, M. (2022). Quality of life in irritable bowel syndrome: Exploring mediating factors through structural equation modelling. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 159.
Melchior, C. , Wilpart, K. , Midenfjord, I. , Trindade, I. A. , Törnblom, H. , Tack, J. F. , Simrén, M. & Van Oudenhove, L. (2022). Relationship between Abuse History and Gastrointestinal and Extraintestinal Symptom Severity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84 (9), 1021-1033.
Carvalho, S. A. , Palmeira, L. , Coutinho, M. , Barbosa, R. & Trindade, I. (2022). Self-as-context and depressive symptoms in the general population: A further analysis of the self experiences questionnaire. Current Psychology, 41 (12), 8897-8907.
Carvalho, S. A. , Gillanders, D. , Forte, T. , Trindade, I. A. , Pinto-Gouveia, J. , Lapa, T. , Valentim, A. , Santos, E. & et al. (2022). Self-compassion in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain: A pilot study. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 22 (3), 631-638.
Guiomar, R. , Trindade, I. A. , Carvalho, S. A. , Menezes, P. , Patrão, B. , Nogueira, M. R. , Lapa, T. , Duarte, J. & et al. (2022). Usability Study of the iACTwithPain Platform: An Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion-Based Intervention for Chronic Pain. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, N. B. , Mendes, A. L. , Ferreira, C. , Dawson, D. & Golijani-Moghaddam, N. (2021). Comprehensive assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy processes (CompACT): Measure refinement and study of measurement invariance across Portuguese and UK samples. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 21, 30-36.
Trindade, I. A. & Ferreira, N. B. (2021). COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Disease and Psychological Outcomes of People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Portugal: A Preliminary Research. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 27 (8), 1224-1229.
Carvalho, S. A. , Trindade, I. A. , Duarte, J. , Menezes, P. , Patrão, B. , Nogueira, M. R. , Guiomar, R. , Lapa, T. & et al. (2021). Efficacy of an ACT and Compassion-Based eHealth Program for Self-Management of Chronic Pain (iACTwithPain): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
Coutinho, M. , Trindade, I. A. & Ferreira, C. (2021). Experiential avoidance, committed action and quality of life: Differences between college students with and without chronic illness. Journal of Health Psychology, 26 (7), 1035-1045.
Trindade, I. A. , Keefer, L. , Portela, F. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2021). Measuring structural model invariance across internet-recruited and hospital-recruited IBD patients: Experiential avoidance’s effect on psychopathological symptoms. Current Psychology, 40 (7), 3459-3466.
Ferreira, N. , Mikocka-Walus, A. , van Tilburg, M. A. L. , Graff, L. A. , Apputhurai, P. , Acosta, M. B. , Evertsz, F. B. , Burisch, J. & et al. (2021). The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on individuals with gastrointestinal disorders: A protocol of an international collaborative study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 148.
Trindade, I. A. , Pereira, J. , Galhardo, A. , Ferreira, N. B. , Lucena-Santos, P. , Carvalho, S. A. , Oliveira, S. , Skvarc, D. & et al. (2021). The LIFEwithIBD Intervention: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Face-to-Face Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion-Based Intervention Tailored to People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.
Coelho, H. L. , Trindade, I. A. , Mendes, A. L. & Ferreira, C. (2021). The mediating role of shame and fear of compassion on the relationship between major life events and depressive symptoms. Current Psychology, 40 (9), 4553-4562.
Trindade, I. A. & Sirois, F. M. (2021). The prospective effects of self-compassion on depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress: A study in inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 146.
Trindade, I. A. , Marta-Simões, J. , Mendes, A. L. , Borrego, M. , Ponte, A. , Carvalho, C. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2020). A longitudinal preliminary analysis on the role of experiential avoidance in breast cancer patients' reported health outcomes. Psycho-Oncology, 29 (4), 812-814.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2020). Acceptability and preliminary test of efficacy of the Mind programme in women with breast cancer: An acceptance, mindfulness, and compassion-based intervention. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 15, 162-171.
Trindade, I. A. , Barbosa, R. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2020). Further validation of the cognitive fusion questionnaire – chronic illness (CFQ-CI) in different health condition samples. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 16, 45-48.
Dias, B. S. , Ferreira, C. & Trindade, I. A. (2020). Influence of fears of compassion on body image shame and disordered eating. Eating and Weight Disorders, 25 (1), 99-106.
Carvalho, S. A. , Trindade, I. A. , Gillanders, D. , Pinto-Gouveia, J. & Castilho, P. (2020). Self-Compassion and Depressive Symptoms in Chronic Pain (CP): A 1-Year Longitudinal Study. Mindfulness, 11 (3), 709-719.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2020). Shame and emotion regulation in inflammatory bowel disease: Effects on psychosocial functioning. Journal of Health Psychology, 25 (4), 511-521.
Fonseca, S. , Trindade, I. A. , Mendes, A. L. & Ferreira, C. (2020). The buffer role of psychological flexibility against the impact of major life events on depression symptoms. Clinical Psychologist, 24 (1), 82-90.
Trindade, I. A. , Mendes, A. L. & Ferreira, N. B. (2020). The moderating effect of psychological flexibility on the link between learned helplessness and depression symptomatology: A preliminary study. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 15, 68-72.
Carvalho, S. A. , Trindade, I. A. , Gillanders, D. , Pinto-Gouveia, J. & Castilho, P. (2019). Cognitive fusion and depressive symptoms in women with chronic pain: A longitudinal growth curve modelling study over 12 months. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 26 (5), 616-625.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. , Duarte, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2019). Gender differences in inflammatory bowel disease: Explaining body image dissatisfaction. Journal of Health Psychology, 24 (7), 847-856.
Mendes, A. L. , Ferreira, C. & Trindade, I. A. (2019). The central role of self-reassurance to explain body and eating attitudes. Eating and Weight Disorders, 24 (5), 861-868.
Trindade, I. A. , Irons, C. , Ferreira, C. , Portela, F. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2019). The influence of self-criticism on depression symptoms among ambulatory patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 26 (6), 743-750.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). Assessment of Chronic Illness-Related Cognitive Fusion: Preliminary Development and Validation of a New Scale with an IBD Sample. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 25 (4), 356-366.
Trindade, I. A. , Marta-Simões, J. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). Chronic illness-related cognitive fusion explains the impact of body dissatisfaction and shame on depression symptoms in breast cancer patients. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 25 (6), 886-893.
Trindade, I. A. , Marta-Simões, J. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). Developments on committed action: Validity of the CAQ-8 and analysis of committed action's role in depressive symptomatology in breast cancer patients and healthy individuals. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 25 (1), e42-e50.
Ferreira, C. , Mendes, A. L. & Trindade, I. A. (2018). Do shame and perfectionistic self-presentation explain the link between early affiliative memories and eating psychopathology?. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 23 (5), 628-634.
Oliveira, S. , Trindade, I. & Ferreira, C. (2018). Explaining male body attitudes: the role of early peer emotional experiences and shame. Eating and Weight Disorders, 23 (6), 807-815.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. , Borrego, M. , Ponte, A. , Carvalho, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). Going beyond social support: Fear of receiving compassion from others predicts depression symptoms in breast cancer patients. Journal of psychosocial oncology, 36 (4), 520-528.
Ferreira, C. , Silva, C. , Mendes, A. L. & Trindade, I. A. (2018). How do warmth, safeness and connectedness-related memories and experiences explain disordered eating?. Eating and Weight Disorders, 23 (5), 629-636.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). Roles of body image-related experiential avoidance and uncommitted living in the link between body image and women’s quality of life. Women & health, 58 (1), 38-50.
Oliveira, S. , Trindade, I. A. & Ferreira, C. (2018). The buffer effect of body compassion on the association between shame and body and eating difficulties. Appetite, 125, 118-123.
Trindade, I. A. , Duarte, J. , Ferreira, C. , Coutinho, M. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). The impact of illness-related shame on psychological health and social relationships: Testing a mediational model in students with chronic illness. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 25 (3), 408-414.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). The longitudinal effects of emotion regulation on physical and psychological health: A latent growth analysis exploring the role of cognitive fusion in inflammatory bowel disease. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23 (1), 171-185.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. , Moura-Ramos, M. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2017). An 18-month study of the effects of IBD symptomatology and emotion regulation on depressed mood. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 32 (5), 651-660.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2017). Chronic Illness-Related Shame: Development of a New Scale and Novel Approach for IBD Patients' Depressive Symptomatology. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 24 (1), 255-263.
Lucena-Santos, P. , Trindade, I. A. , Oliveira, M. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2017). Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire—Body Image: Psychometric Properties and Its Incremental Power in the Prediction of Binge Eating Severity. Journal of Psychology, 151 (4), 379-392.
Ferreira, C. , Marta-Simões, J. & Trindade, I. A. (2017). Defensive Responses to Early Memories with Peers: A Possible Pathway to Disordered Eating. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 19.
Pinto, C. , Ferreira, C. , Mendes, A. L. & Trindade, I. A. (2017). Social safeness and disordered eating: Exploring underlying mechanisms of body appreciation and inflexible eating. Eating and Weight Disorders, 22 (2), 303-309.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2017). The effects of body image impairment on the quality of life of non-operated Portuguese female IBD patients. Quality of Life Research, 26 (2), 429-436.
Duarte, C. , Ferreira, C. , Pinto-Gouveia, J. , Trindade, I. A. & Martinho, A. (2017). What makes dietary restraint problematic? Development and validation of the Inflexible Eating Questionnaire. Appetite, 114, 146-154.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. , Pinto-Gouveia, J. & Nooren, L. (2016). Clarity of Personal Values and Committed Action: Development of a Shorter Engaged Living Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38 (2), 258-265.
Ferreira, C. , Trindade, I. A. & Martinho, A. (2016). Explaining rigid dieting in normal-weight women: the key role of body image inflexibility. Eating and Weight Disorders, 21 (1), 49-56.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2016). Inflammatory bowel disease: The harmful mechanism of experiential avoidance for patients' quality of life. Journal of Health Psychology, 21 (12), 2882-2892.
Duarte, C. , Ferreira, C. , Trindade, I. A. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2016). Normative body dissatisfaction and eating psychopathology in teenage girls: the impact of inflexible eating rules. Eating and Weight Disorders, 21 (1), 41-48.
Ferreira, C. , Fortunato, P. , Marta-Simões, J. & Trindade, I. A. (2016). Understanding the Role of Self-Judgment in the Association between Body Dissatisfaction and Quality of Life on Normal-Weight and Overweight Portuguese Women. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 19.
Duarte, C. , Ferreira, C. , Trindade, I. A. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2015). Body image and college women's quality of life: The importance of being self-compassionate. Journal of Health Psychology, 20 (6), 754-764.
Ferreira, C. & Trindade, I. A. (2015). Body image-related cognitive fusion as a main mediational process between body-related experiences and women’s quality of life. Eating and Weight Disorders, 20 (1), 91-97.
Ferreira, C. , Trindade, I. A. & Ornelas, L. (2015). Exploring drive for thinness as a perfectionistic strategy to escape from shame experiences. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 18.
Trindade, I. A. & Ferreira, C. (2015). Falling in the traps of your thoughts: The impact of body image-related cognitive fusion on inflexible eating. Eating Behaviors, 19, 49-52.
Ferreira, C. , Trindade, I. A. , Duarte, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2015). Getting entangled with body image: Development and validation of a new measure. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 88 (3), 304-316.
Trindade, I. A. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2015). Ulcerative Colitis Symptomatology and Depression: The Exacerbator Role of Maladaptive Psychological Processes. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 60 (12), 3756-3763.
Ferreira, C. , Palmeira, L. , Trindade, I. A. & Catarino, F. (2015). When thought suppression backfires: its moderator effect on eating psychopathology. Eating and Weight Disorders, 20 (3), 355-362.
Palmeira, L. , Trindade, I. A. & Ferreira, C. (2014). Can the impact of body dissatisfaction on disordered eating be weakened by one's decentering abilities?. Eating Behaviors, 15 (3), 392-396.
Trindade, I. A. & Ferreira, C. (2014). The impact of body image-related cognitive fusion on eating psychopathology. Eating Behaviors, 15 (1), 72-75.
Ferreira, C. , Palmeira, L. & Trindade, I. A. (2014). Turning eating psychopathology risk factors into action: The pervasive effect of body image-related cognitive fusion. Appetite, 80, 137-142.

Articles, reviews/surveys

Trindade, I. A. , Guiomar, R. , Carvalho, S. A. , Duarte, J. , Lapa, T. , Menezes, P. , Nogueira, M. R. , Patrão, B. & et al. (2021). Efficacy of Online-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Pain, 22 (11), 1328-1342.

Chapters in books

Gregório, S. , Trindade, I. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2024). Cultivating Engagement with the Present Moment. In: P. Lucena-Santos; S.A. Carvalho; J. Pinto-Gouveia; M.S. Oliveira; J. Pistorello, International Handbook of Theoretical and Practical Foundations of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Camaquã: Fênix Sefarad.
Trindade, I. , Caçador, M. I. & Moreira, H. (2023). Facing cancer-related adversity with kindness and understanding: The promising benefits of self-compassion for people with cancer. In: F. M. Sirois, Palgrave Handbook of Positive Psychology and Health. . Springer Nature.

Conference papers

Nogueira, M. R. , Menezes, P. , Carvalho, S. , Patrão, B. , Trindade, I. A. , Guiomar, R. , Duarte, J. , Lapa, T. & et al. (2020). Design and Usability of an E-Health Mobile Application. In: Aaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, Design, User Experience, and Usability. Case Studies in Public and Personal Interactive Systems 9th International Conference, DUXU 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part III. Paper presented at 22nd HCI International Conference (HCII 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020. (pp. 314-328). Springer.

Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries

Trindade, I. (2018). Emotion regulation and chronic illness: The roles of acceptance, mindfulness and compassion in physical and mental health. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Coimbra: Universidade de Coimbra.

Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries

Trindade, I. (2013). When thoughts seem more than just thougths: body image-related cognitive fusion and its role in eating psychopathology. Lic. (Comprehensive summary) Coimbra: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra.

Other

Trindade, I. (2020). Your Brain Is Also Part Of Your Body: Contextual And Contemplative Approaches In Physical Illness.
Trindade, I. (2018). Entangled with illness: How cognitive fusion is linked to poor health in chronic conditions.
Trindade, I. , Ferreira, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2018). Programa MIND para doentes oncológicos: Programa de intervenção psicoterapêutica baseado em aceitação, mindfulness e compaixão (Manual Terapêutico): [MIND Programme for cancer patients: psychotherapeutic intervention based on acceptance, mindfulness, and compassion (Therapeutic Manual)].