Dr. Kenneth Goss

Dr Ken Goss 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.