Adjunct Professor Stan Steindl
Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct Professor
School of Psychology
Book Chapters
Steindl, Stan and Matos, Marcela (2022). Compassion-Focused Imagery and Embodiment Practices. Compassion-Based Approaches in Loss and Grief. (pp. 195-203) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003204121-25
Matos, Marcela and Steindl, Stan (2022). Shame in the Context of Grief. Compassion-Based Approaches in Loss and Grief. (pp. 157-166) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003204121-20
Kirby, James N., Steindl, Stanley R. and Doty, James R. (2017). Compassion as the highest ethic. Mindfulness in Behavioral Health. (pp. 253-277) edited by Lynette M. Monteiro, Jane F. Compson and Frank Musten. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64924-5_10
Steindl, Stan and Connor, Jason (2010). Facilitating behavioural change. Communication skills in medicine: Promoting patient-centred care. (pp. 33-47) edited by Michele Groves and Jennifer Fitzgerald. Melbourne, Australia: IP Communications.
Journal Articles
Ng, Marques Shek Nam, Li, Caixia, Chan, Zane Kin Wai and Steindl, Stanley R. (2024). Compassion-Facilitating Interventions Among Patients With Life-Limiting Chronic Illnesses: A Scoping Review. Mindfulness, 15 (9), 2173-2206. doi: 10.1007/s12671-024-02436-0
Carter, Alicia, Steindl, Stanley R., Parker, Stacey, Gilbert, Paul and Kirby, James N. (2023). Compassion focused therapy to reduce body weight shame for individuals with obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy, 54 (5), 747-764. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.02.001
Matos, Marcela, Petrocchi, Nicola, Irons, Chris and Steindl, Stanley R. (2023). Never underestimate fears, blocks, and resistances: the interplay between experiential practices, self-conscious emotions, and the therapeutic relationship in compassion focused therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79 (7), 1670-1685. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23474
Steindl, Stanley R., Matos, Marcela and Dimaggio, Giancarlo (2023). The interplay between therapeutic relationship and therapeutic technique: The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79 (7), 1686-1692. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23519
Matos, Marcela, McEwan, Kirsten, Kanovský, Martin, Halamová, Júlia, Steindl, Stanley R., Ferreira, Nuno, Linharelhos, Mariana, Rijo, Daniel, Asano, Kenichi, Vilas, Sara P., Márquez, Margarita G., Gregório, Sónia, Brito-Pons, Gonzalo, Lucena-Santos, Paola, da Silva Oliveira, Margareth, de Souza, Erika Leonardo, Llobenes, Lorena, Gumiy, Natali, Costa, Maria Ileana, Habib, Noor, Hakem, Reham, Khrad, Hussain, Alzahrani, Ahmad, Cheli, Simone, Petrocchi, Nicola, Tholouli, Elli, Issari, Philia, Simos, Gregoris, Lunding-Gregersen, Vibeke ... Gilbert, Paul (2023). Improvements in compassion and fears of compassion throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (3) 1845, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031845
Romaniuk, Madeline, Hampton, Sarah, Brown, Kelly, Fisher, Gina, Steindl, Stanley R., Kidd, Chloe and Kirby, James N. (2023). Compassionate mind training for ex‐service personnel with PTSD and their partners. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 30 (3), 643-658. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2825
Matos, Marcela, Gilbert, Paul, Goncalves, Elsa, Melo, Ines, Baumann, Tahlia, Yiu, Rebecca Xin Qi and Steindl, Stanley R. (2022). What is compassion? A multicultural study on the semantic associations and subjective experiences of compassion. Psychologica, 64 (2), 11-50. doi: 10.14195/1647-8606_64-2_1
McLean, Lisa, Steindl, Stanley R. and Bambling, Matthew (2022). Compassion focused group therapy for adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse: a preliminary investigation. Mindfulness, 13 (5), 1144-1157. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01837-3
Steindl, Stan, Bell, Tobyn, Dixon, Alison and Kirby, James N. (2022). Therapist perspectives on working with fears, blocks and resistances to compassion in compassion focused therapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23 (3), 850-863. doi: 10.1002/capr.12530
Matos, Marcela, McEwan, Kirsten, Kanovský, Martin, Halamová, Júlia, Steindl, Stanley R., Ferreira, Nuno, Linharelhos, Mariana, Rijo, Daniel, Asano, Kenichi, Márquez, Margarita G., Gregório, Sónia, Vilas, Sara P., Brito-Pons, Gonzalo, Lucena-Santos, Paola, da Silva Oliveira, Margareth, de Souza, Erika Leonardo, Llobenes, Lorena, Gumiy, Natali, Costa, Maria Ileana, Habib, Noor, Hakem, Reham, Khrad, Hussain, Alzahrani, Ahmad, Cheli, Simone, Petrocchi, Nicola, Tholouli, Elli, Issari, Philia, Simos, Gregoris, Lunding-Gregersen, Vibeke ... Gilbert, Paul (2022). Compassion protects mental health and social safeness during the COVID-19 pandemic across 21 countries. Mindfulness, 13 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s12671-021-01822-2
Matos, Marcela, McEwan, Kirsten, Kanovský, Martin, Halamová, Júlia, Steindl, Stanley R., Ferreira, Nuno, Linharelhos, Mariana, Rijo, Daniel, Asano, Kenichi, Vilas, Sara P., Márquez, Margarita G., Gregório, Sónia, Brito-Pons, Gonzalo, Lucena-Santos, Paola, da Silva Oliveira, Margareth, de Souza, Erika Leonardo, Llobenes, Lorena, Gumiy, Natali, Costa, Maria Ileana, Habib, Noor, Hakem, Reham, Khrad, Hussain, Alzahrani, Ahmad, Cheli, Simone, Petrocchi, Nicola, Tholouli, Elli, Issari, Philia, Simos, Gregoris, Lunding-Gregersen, Vibeke ... Gilbert, Paul (2021). The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related posttraumatic growth and stress. PLoS One, 16 (12 December) e0261384, e0261384. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261384
Matos, Marcela, Goncalves, Elsa, Palmeira, Lara, Melo, Ines, Steindl, Stanley R. and Gomes, Ana Allen (2021). Advancing the assessment of compassion: Psychometric study of the compassion motivation and action scales in a Portuguese sample. Current Psychology, 42 (12), 10092-10106. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02311-4
Matos, Marcela, Galhardo, Ana, Moura-Ramos, Mariana, Steindl, Stanley R., Bortolon, Catherine, Hiramatsu, Yoichi, Baumann, Tahlia, Yiu, Rebecca Xin Qi and Ferreira, Cláudia (2021). Measuring shame across five countries: dimensionality and measurement invariance of the external and internal shame scale. Current Psychology, 42 (9), 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02019-5
Adie, Taylor, Steindl, Stanley R., Kirby, James N., Kane, Robert T. and Mazzucchelli, Trevor G. (2021). The relationship between self-compassion and depressive symptoms: avoidance and activation as mediators. Mindfulness, 12 (7), 1748-1756. doi: 10.1007/s12671-021-01637-1
Matos, Marcela, McEwan, Kirsten, Kanovský, Martin, Halamová, Júlia, Steindl, Stanley R., Ferreira, Nuno, Linharelhos, Mariana, Rijo, Daniel, Asano, Kenichi, Gregório, Sónia, Márquez, Margarita G., Vilas, Sara P., Brito-Pons, Gonzalo, Lucena-Santos, Paola, da Silva Oliveira, Margareth, de Souza, Erika Leonardo, Llobenes, Lorena, Gumiy, Natali, Costa, Maria Ileana, Habib, Noor, Hakem, Reham, Khrad, Hussain, Alzahrani, Ahmad, Cheli, Simone, Petrocchi, Nicola, Tholouli, Elli, Issari, Philia, Simos, Gregoris, Lunding-Gregersen, Vibeke ... Gilbert, Paul (2021). Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID-19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28 (6) cpp.2601, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2601
Steindl, Stanley R., Tellegen, Cassandra L., Filus, Ania, Seppälä, Emma, Doty, James R. and Kirby, James N. (2021). The compassion motivation and action scales: a self-report measure of compassionate and self-compassionate behaviours. Australian Psychologist, 56 (2), 93-110. doi: 10.1080/00050067.2021.1893110
Cavalcanti, Lara Gama, Steindl, Stanley R., Matos, Marcela and Boschen, Mark J. (2021). Fears of compassion magnify the effects of rumination and worry on the relationship between self-criticism and depression. Current Psychology, 42 (2), 1157-1171. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01510-3
Matos, Marcela and Steindl, Stanley R. (2020). “You are already all you need to be”: a case illustration of compassion-focused therapy for shame and perfectionism. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 76 (11), 2079-2096. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23055
Hart, Jemma S., Kirby, James N., Steindl, Stanley R., Kane, Robert T. and Mazzucchelli, Trevor G. (2020). Insecure striving, self-criticism, and depression: the prospective moderating role of fear of compassion from others. Mindfulness, 11 (7), 1699-1709. doi: 10.1007/s12671-020-01385-8
Steindl, Stanley R., Yiu, Rebecca Xin Qi, Baumann, Tahlia and Matos, Marcela (2019). Comparing compassion across cultures: similarities and differences among Australians and Singaporeans. Australian Psychologist, 55 (3) ap.12433, 208-219. doi: 10.1111/ap.12433
Sorensen, Susan, Steindl, Stanley R., Dingle, Genevieve A. and Garcia, Anthony (2018). Comparing the effects of loving-kindness meditation (LKM), music and lKM plus music on psychological well-being. The Journal of Psychology, 153 (3), 267-287. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2018.1516610
Steindl, Stanley R., Kirby, James N. and Tellegan, Cassandra (2018). Motivational interviewing in compassion-based interventions: theory and practical applications. Clinical Psychologist, 22 (3), 265-279. doi: 10.1111/cp.12146
Steindl, Stanley R., Matos, Marcela and Creed, Alison K. (2018). Early shame and safeness memories, and later depressive symptoms and safe affect: the mediating role of self-compassion. Current Psychology, 40 (2), 761-771. doi: 10.1007/s12144-018-9990-8
McLean, Lisa, Bambling, Matthew and Steindl, Stanley R. (2018). Perspectives on self-compassion from adult female survivors of sexual abuse and the counselors who work with them. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (9-10), 088626051879397-NP4587. doi: 10.1177/0886260518793975
Mitchell, Amy E., Whittingham, Koa, Steindl, Stanley and Kirby, James (2018). Feasibility and acceptability of a brief online self-compassion intervention for mothers of infants. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 21 (5), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s00737-018-0829-y
McLean, Lisa, Steindl, Stanley R and Bambling, Matthew (2017). Compassion-focused Therapy as an Intervention for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 27 (2), 161-175. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2017.1390718
Kirby, James N., Tellegen, Cassandra L. and Steindl, Stanley R. (2017). A meta-analysis of compassion-based interventions: current state of knowledge and future directions. Behavior Therapy, 48 (6), 778-792. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2017.06.003
Steindl, Stanley R., Buchanan, Kiera, Goss, Kenneth and Allan, Steven (2017). Compassion focused therapy for eating disorders: a qualitative review and recommendations for further applications. Clinical Psychologist, 21 (2), 62-73. doi: 10.1111/cp.12126
Matias, M. A., Steindl, S. R., Plonka, K. A., Pukkallus, M., Palmer, J., Holcombe, T., Seymour, G. J. and Marshall, R. I. (2013). Do school based anti-smoking campaigns delivered by oral health therapists work?. Australian Dental Journal, 58 (3), 301-305. doi: 10.1111/adj.12078
Conference Papers
Whittingham, K., Mitchell, A.E., Lennard, G., Steindl, S. and Kirby, J. (2021). Can a simple online CFT resource provide psychological support to mothers of infants?. World Association for Infant Mental Health 17th World Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22-26 June 2021.
Kirby, J.N., Tellegen, C.L., Steindl, S.R. and McLean, L. (2018). Compassion Symposium. AACBT National Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, October 2018.
Plonka, Kathryn A., Steindl, Stan R., Marshall, R. I. and Matias, M. A. (2004). A smoking cessation program in the oral health care setting. International Association of Dental Research, Australian/New Zealand Division, Nadi, Fiji, 2004.
Thesis
Steindl, Stanley R. (Stanley Richard) (2005). An expectancy tension reduction model of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol misuse comorbidity. PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/273352