Dr. Stan Steindl is the author of the 2020 book, The Gifts of Compassion: How to Understand and Overcome Suffering. He is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice and an Adjunct Associate Professor at School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Steindl is also co-director of the UQ Compassionate Mind Research Group. He has over 20 years’ experience as a therapist, supervisor, and trainer, and works with clients from a motivational interviewing and compassion focused therapy perspective. His PhD examined combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid alcohol dependency, and he continues to work in the areas of trauma and addiction, as well as having a general clinical practice. His research interests are in the areas of compassion and compassion-based interventions, and especially the role of motivation in cultivating compassion and self-compassion in the context of trauma, shame, self-criticism and clinical disorders, as well as promoting psychological wellbeing.