Person-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis - (Wiley Clinical Psychology) by Paul Chadwick (Paperback)

Book 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.

From the Back Cover

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.

About the Author

Professor Paul Chadwick, PhD, is Head of Clinical Psychology at the Royal South Hants Hospital, and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton. He has an international reputation for his ground-breaking, applied research over the past 20 years on cognitive therapy for psychosis and is lead author on an infl uential book written with M.J. Birchwood and P. Trower - Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia, also published by John Wiley and Sons.