Person-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing 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. A clear, practical and client-centred framework is provided for clinicians, which includes:

• the use of Mindfulness for people with psychosis
• 'two chair methods', developed by the author for working with psychosis
• a detailed look at the ABC model applied to psychosis
• guidelines for working with symptomatic beliefs
• a new perspective on the therapeutic relationship and collaboration
• a 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.