Person-based cognitive therapy for distressing psychosis

✍ Scribed by Chadwick, Paul

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Series: The Wiley series in clinical psychology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

Person-Based Cognitive Therapy For Distressing Psychosis......Page 4
Contents......Page 10
About the Author......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Chapter 1 Person-Based Cognitive Therapy (PBCT) for Psychosis......Page 16
Chapter 2 Relationship Building, Therapist Assumptions and Radical Collaboration......Page 35
Chapter 3 Framework for PBCT: The Zone of Proximal Development......Page 52
Chapter 4 Working with Symptomatic Meaning......Page 73
Chapter 5 Relationship to Internal Experience: Mindfulness Practice......Page 93
Chapter 6 Working with Schemata......Page 113
Chapter 7 Self-Acceptance and the Symbolic Self......Page 132
Chapter 8 PBCT Groups: Principles and Practice......Page 153
Chapter 9 Ending and the Process of Change......Page 172
Appendix BAVQ–R......Page 189
References......Page 192
Index......Page 198