Person-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis

Provides a practical framework for using a person based cognitive therapy approach for addressing the range of problems experienced by people with psychosis.

In this innovative text, Paul Chadwick explores a person-based cognitive therapy approach for distressing psychosis. The book describes in detail a cognitive therapy that addresses distress associated not only with the meaning given to ‘symptoms’, but also schemata, the self, and how people relate to voices, paranoia, etc.

Chapters 1-4 provide a context for the approach and chapters 5-12 cover the clinical application of the approach. Key features include; the integration of the author’s work on Mindfulness (simple meditation technique that is similarly creating a lot of interest at present) for people with psychosis; inclusion of the two-chair method; plus a chapter on group therapy.

A clear, practical, and client-centred framework is provided for clinicians, which includes:

• Use of Mindfulness for people with psychosis
• ""Two chair methods"", developed by the author for working with psychosis
• Detailed look at the ABC model applied to psychosis
• Guidelines for working with symptomatic beliefs
• New perspective on the therapeutic relationship and collaboration
• New approach to case formulation based in Vygotsky’s concept of the Zone of Proximal Development
• Guidelines on the use of group therapy for psychosis.

Person-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis is a practical and important resource for all academics and clinicians who work with people with psychosis, or have an interest in ""Third Wave"" cognitive therapies.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Chadwick, Paul

ISBN:

978-0-47-001931-3

Specialty:

• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

204

Publication Year:

2006