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<p>About the Author ix</p> <p>Acknowledgements xi</p> <p>Chapter 1 Person-Based Cognitive Therapy (PBCT) for Psychosis 1</p> <p>Chapter 2 Relationship Building, Therapist Assumptions and Radical Collaboration 20</p> <p>Chapter 3 Framework for PBCT: The Zone of Proximal Development 37</p> <p>Chapter 4 Working with Symptomatic Meaning 58</p> <p>Chapter 5 Relationship to Internal Experience: Mindfulness Practice 78</p> <p>Chapter 6 Working with Schemata 98</p> <p>Chapter 7 Self-Acceptance and the Symbolic Self 117</p> <p>Chapter 8 PBCT Groups: Principles and Practice 138</p> <p>Chapter 9 Ending and the Process of Change 157</p> <p>Appendix BAVQ–R 174</p> <p>References 177</p> <p>Index 183</p>

<b>Professor Paul Chadwick</b>, 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 – <i>Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia</i>, also published by John Wiley and Sons.

In this innovative text, <b>Paul Chadwick</b> 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: <ul> <li>the use of Mindfulness for people with psychosis</li> <li>'two chair methods', developed by the author for working with psychosis</li> <li>a detailed look at the ABC model applied to psychosis</li> <li>guidelines for working with symptomatic beliefs</li> <li>a new perspective on the therapeutic relationship and collaboration</li> <li>a new approach to case formulation based in Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development</li> <li>guidelines on the use of group therapy for psychosis.</li> </ul> <p><i>Person-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis</i> 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.</p>

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