Treating Psychosis: A Clinician's Guide to Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Approaches within the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tradition

by Nicola P. Wright, Douglas Turkington, Owen P. Kelly

Psychosis can be associated with a variety of mental health problems, including schizophrenia, severe depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorders. While traditional treatments for psychosis have emphasized medication-based strategies, evidence now suggests that individuals affected by psychosis can greatly benefit from psychotherapy.

Treating Psychosis is an evidence-based treatment guide for mental health professionals working with individuals affected by psychosis. Using a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that incorporates acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and mindfulness approaches, this book is invaluable in helping clinicians develop effective treatment for clients affected by psychosis. The guide provides session-by-session clinical interventions for use in individual or group treatment on an inpatient, outpatient, or community basis.

The book features 40 reproducible clinical practice forms and a companion website with additional downloadable clinical forms and tools, guided exercises, case examples, and resources. The therapeutic approaches presented are rooted in theory and research, and informed by extensive clinical experience working with client populations affected by psychosis. The approaches outlined in this book offer clinicians and clients the opportunity to partner in developing therapeutic strategies for problematic symptoms to enable those affected by psychosis to work toward valued goals and ultimately live more meaningful lives.

This guide emphasizes a compassionate, de-stigmatizing approach that integrates empowering and strengths-oriented methods that place the client’s values and goals at the center of any therapeutic intervention.

Genres: Psychology

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Nicola P. Wright, PhD, CPsych, is a clinical psychologist in the schizophrenia program of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal). She also held the roles of chief of psychology and director of training for the Royal's Psychology Residency Program and served as president of the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs.

Wright provides individual and group therapy, as well as professional training workshops, integrating acceptance and commitment; mindfulness; and compassion-focused approaches in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for people who experience psychosis.

Wright is an active researcher and clinical professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and a lecturer with the department of psychiatry, University of Ottawa. In addition, she is a founding member of the Canadian Association of CBT and a staff supervisor with the Beck Institute of CBT. Wright lives in Ottawa, Canada.

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Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many of you won’t be interested in this book, but I thought I’d post a quick review for my fellow mental health folks who work with clients struggling with psychosis. Having shifted back into therapy full time, I’ve been doing a lot of reading on the latest and greatest treatment models; somewhere down that rabbit hole, I found this amazing guide.

I love this book for a couple of reasons. First, it’s incredibly practical. Interventions are clearly and simply described, and a whole toolbox of neat worksheets and activities are laid out in appendices for immediate use. The chapters can be implemented sequentially OR as stand-alone interventions, which is pretty nifty, as well.

The other major reason I like this book is because it combines some really cool modalities. I’m a big proponent of mixing methods and tailoring treatment tools to the individual. Modality purists must think I’m a quack, but I find it incredibly useful to cherry pick from a number of different theories and approaches as I work with clients. (I mean, really… There are so many kinds of humans with so many kinds of problems– what are the chances that ONE method will suit EVERYONE? Uhh, zero.)

Anyway, of all the modalities in vogue in today’s treatment world, this book includes some of my very favorites. I particularly love the attention paid to mindfulness and compassion-focused therapy as integrated components of a more holistic and client-centered form of CBT.

Minus some repetition between chapters (admittedly necessary due to the stand-alone intervention capabilities already mentioned), this book offers a lot of great ideas and practical tools to use when working compassionately and effectively with folks who experience psychosis.

[Sherry Rice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will be referring to this workbook throughout my time as a clinician as I often work with individuals who are experiencing psychosis. It provides several different approach styles which is helpful to me as different client interact with the world in different way. Especially if they are responding to internal stimuli.

[Kellie Korte · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is AWESOME. I love that it incorporates numerous kinds of therapy for psychosis and I am so grateful that there electronic versions of the resources. Highly recommend for those wanting to know more about CBT-p.

[Emma Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

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