Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781119950790
Year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 302


Description:


Emerging from cognitive behavioural traditions, mindfulness and
acceptance-based therapies hold promise as new evidence-based
approaches for helping people distressed by the symptoms of
psychosis. These therapies emphasise changing the relationship with
unusual and troublesome experiences through cultivating
experiential openness, awareness, and engagement in actions based
on personal values. In this volume, leading international
researchers and clinicians describe the major treatment models and
research background of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and
Person-Based Cognitive Therapy (PBCT), as well as the use of
mindfulness, in individual and group therapeutic contexts. The book
contains discrete chapters on developing experiential interventions
for voices and paranoia, conducting assessment and case
formulation, and a discussion of ways to work with spirituality
from a metacognitive standpoint. Further chapters provide details
of how clients view their experiences of ACT and PBCT, as well as
offering clear protocols based on clinical practice. This practical
and informative book will be of use to clinicians and researchers
interested in understanding and implementing ACT and mindfulness
interventions for people with psychosis.