Dr. Kenneth Goss

Dr Ken Goss, psychologist, is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years of experience working with people with eating difficulties. He has published numerous academic papers and book chapters on the role of shame and compassion in eating disorders.

He leads an ongoing research program exploring these issues and their relationship with therapeutic practice and outcomes. He was the Course Director of the Birmingham University Post Graduate Diploma training course in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). He has worked closely with Professor Paul Gilbert, the originator of Compassion Focused Therapy and pioneered the use of Compassion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders (CFT-E).

He is the author of the first book on CFT for disordered eating, “The Compassionate Mind-Guide to Ending Overeating” (New Harbinger Publications, 2011), currently under evaluation for its clinical efficacy as a guided self-help program.

Centres d'intérêts

Traitement des troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA) en mettant l'accent sur la honte, l'autocritique et l'estime de soi chez les adultes.

Développement et application de la Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) pour les TCA — notamment le volet « CFT-E » (CFT pour Eating Disorders) qu'il a contribué à formaliser.

Présence sur internet

https://balancedminds.com/dr-ken-goss/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ken-Goss-2

https://casper-aaen.com/compassionate-focused/

Quelques publications

• Vrabel, K., Waller, G., Goss, K., Wampold, B., Kopland, M., & Hoffart, A. (2024). Cognitive behavioral therapy versus compassion focused therapy for adult patients with eating disorders with and without childhood trauma: A randomized controlled trial in an intensive treatment setting. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 174, 104480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104480
• Goss, K., & Kelly, A. C. (2022). The roles of shame, self-criticism, and compassion focused therapy in eating disorders and disordered eating. In The Routledge International Handbook of Eating Disorders (pp. 391–403). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003035879-25
• Horwood, V., Allan, S., Goss, K., & Gilbert, P. (2019). The development of the Compassion Focused Therapy Therapist Competence Rating Scale. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 93(3), 387–407. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12230

Affiliations

• Chercheur affilié à un laboratoire universitaire français spécialisé en neurosciences et psychiatrie (ex : Laboratoire du Stress Traumatique, CHU de Toulouse).
• Membre de réseaux de recherche sur la neuromodulation et les troubles de la personnalité.