Treating psychosis : a clinician's guide to integrating acceptance & commitment therapy, compassion-focused therapy & mindfulness approaches within the cognitive behavioral therapy tradition

✍ Scribed by Davies, David; Hopton, Jennifer; Jacobs, Andrew M.; Kelly, Owen P.; Turkington, Douglas; Wright, Nicola P.

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Treating Psychosis is an evidence-based treatment manual for mental health professionals working with individuals who experience psychosis, a serious form of mental illness that causes delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders. Psychosis is usually associated with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and severe depression. This is the first professional book to use a compassionate, mindful approach to treating psychosis using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and compassion-focused therapy (CFT). The book provides clinicians with a pre-treatment overview and treatment implementation strategies, and focuses on developing a realistic action plan for treating patients with psychosis, as well as maintaining wellness"--Provided by publisher.  Read more...