Group Therapy for Psychoses

✍ Scribed by Ivan Urlic and Manuel González de Chávez

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Group therapy for patients with psychotic experiences is one of the least known of the group therapies; it is also one of the most diverse. This collection presents a range of methods, models and settings for group therapy for psychoses, as well as exploring the context for this type of treatment.

Group Therapy for Psychoses offers an international perspective on the current range of practice in the field, in multiple care situations, contexts and institutions; from acute units to therapeutic communities, rehabilitation groups, self-help, and groups of those who hear voices. Presented in two parts, the first covers the history, evaluation and research methodologies of group therapy, while the second explores specific examples of groups and settings. The book tackles misconceptions about the treatment of psychoses and emphasises the healing effects of group therapy. It underscores the importance of training for selecting and conducting groups of patients suffering from psychoses and suggests possible formats, approaches and perspectives.

The book's wide, reflexive and practical collection of chapters together demonstrate how group therapies can effectively help patients with psychotic experiences to overcome their difficulties on their way to recovery. The book will be of great use to clinicians working with people suffering from psychosis, including psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, psychologists, physicians and social workers. It will also appeal to group analysts, family therapists and CBT practitioners, as well as to all researchers in these fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I Overview of group psychotherapies for people suffering from psychoses
1 History of group psychotherapy for patients with psychoses
2 Limitations of nomothetic procedures for group psychotherapy in psychosis: A gamified approach to Yalom’s therapeutic factors Q-sort
3 Therapeutic factors in group psychotherapy for patients diagnosed with psychosis
4 Creation of a therapy group for persons with psychotic experiences
Part II Groups for psychoses: Different approaches and different settings
5 How group psychotherapy works with people suffering from psychosis
6 Transference and countertransference features in a psychological approach to patients with psychosis: The group-dynamic considerations
7 Group psychotherapy in the acute inpatient unit
8 Short- and long-term group psychotherapy for outpatients suffering from psychosis
9 Intimacy, love and sexuality in the psychodynamic group psychotherapy for patients with psychosis
10 The ontology and phenomenology of dreaming in psychosis: A group-analytic approach with a neuropsychological perspective
11 Psychoeducation as a specific group psychotherapy intervention for patients with schizophrenia
12 Groups in therapeutic communities for people suffering from psychosis
13 The development and some specific features of group psychotherapeutic treatment in forensic units
14 Groups in early intervention services: Group psychotherapy for patients with psychotic disorders in an early intervention programme (RIPEPP)
15 Group cognitive behavioural therapy for people experiencing psychosis
16 Multi-family groups and psychosis: A systemic approach
17 A Moroccan multi-family group: An example of cooperation with members of a minority group
18 The value of peer leadership in groups for persons with psychosis: A programme for recovery and community health
19 Voice-hearing groups: Empowering ourselves – The Hearing Voices Movement
20 The group in arts therapies: An additional therapeutic medium for working with psychosis
Epilogue: The future of group psychotherapy for psychoses
Name index
Subject index