How does self-compassion help us in the face of suffering and what are some of the obstacles that make it difficult to find compassion for our selves? Shari Geller discusses how self-compassion can help us to experience and work with other difficult emotions and pain.

Dr Joanne Dolhanty is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist based in Toronto, Canada and co-developer of the Emotion Focused Therapy approach to working with eating disorders.

What is at the core of emotional pain, and how does it show itself? Join Dr Ladislav Timulak as he explains what has been learnt from listening to individuals in therapy about their experience of emotional pain.