About this course

Learning Objectives

• Describe how CBT for psychosis can be individualized, taking into account an individual's life story and experiences, fostering a personalized recovery-oriented approach
• Utilize a collaborative style to engage in guided discovery of solutions to distressing psychosis-related problems
• Identify ways to normalize psychotic experiences by seeing them as understandable in relationship to an individual’s life story, and capable of being altered by changes in thinking and behavior
• Create formulations that promote hope and provide direction for treatment and recovery
• Identify applications of CBT for psychosis in addressing specific problem areas, including hearing distressing voices, paranoia, delusional beliefs, disorganization, and negative symptoms

Learning Levels

• Beginner
• Intermediate

Course Instructor(s)

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  Ron Unger, MSW

  Ron Unger works as a therapist, and as a therapy supervisor at the Center for Family Development and in private practice in Eugene Oregon. For the past 20 years he has also worked as an educator, providing seminars on CBT for psychosis and related topics across the United States and internationally. He served as the chair of the education committee for ISPS-US for over a decade and currently serves as the chair of the Pacific NW Branch of ISPS-US..

Disclosure

References

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• Mason, L., Peters, E., Williams, S. C., & Kumari, V. (2017). Brain connectivity changes occurring following cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis predict long-term recovery. Translational psychiatry, 7(1), e1001-e1001.
• Cupitt, C. (2019). CBT for psychosis : process-orientated therapies and the third wave. London ; New York, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.
• Morrison, A. P. (2017). "A manualised treatment protocol to guide delivery of evidence-based cognitive therapy for people with distressing psychosis: learning from clinical trials." Psychosis: 9(3), 271-281.
• Brabban, A., R. Byrne, E. Longden and A. P. Morrison (2017). "The importance of human relationships, ethics and recovery-orientated values in the delivery of CBT for people with psychosis." Psychosis 9(2): 157-166.
• Sitko, K., Bewick, B. M., Owens, D., & Masterson, C. (2020). Meta-analysis and Meta-regression of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) Across Time: The Effectiveness of CBTp has Improved for Delusions. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaa023
• Spencer, H. M., Dudley, R., Freeston, M. H., & Turkington, D. (2020). What are the essential ingredients of a CBT case conceptualization for voices and delusions in schizophrenia spectrum disorders? A study of expert consensus. Schizophrenia Research, 224, 74-81.
• Turner, D. T., Burger, S., Smit, F., Valmaggia, L. R., & van der Gaag, M. (2020). What constitutes sufficient evidence for case formulation–driven CBT for psychosis? Cumulative meta-analysis of the effect on hallucinations and delusions. Schizophrenia bulletin, 46(5), 1072-1085.