ACT for Psychosis Recovery: A Practical Manual for GroupBased Interventions Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Softcover

O'Donoghue, Emma K.; Morris, Eric; Oliver PhD, Joseph E.; Johns DPhil, Louise C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626256136 ISBN 13: 9781626256132

Publisher: New Harbinger, 2018

Synopsis

ACT for Psychosis Recovery is the first book to provide a breakthrough, evidence-based, step-by-step approach for group work with clients suffering from psychosis.

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About the Authors

Emma K. O'Donoghue, DClinPsy, is a senior clinical psychologist working in community psychosis settings in South London. She has a longstanding interest in using ACT approaches for people experiencing first episode and established psychosis and those with bipolar affective disorder. She coordinated a recent randomized controlled trial of ACT workshops for service users and caregivers in community psychosis settings and is involved in working with service users to facilitate ACT interventions. O'Donoghue regularly trains psychologists in ACT for psychosis interventions and teaches on London psychology masters and doctoral courses in ACT approaches.

Eric Morris is a clinical psychologist and academic at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Eric has extensive experience in providing contextual cognitive behavioural therapies (including ACT) to individuals and groups, along with training and supervising therapists.

Joseph E. Oliver, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has been working within the UK National Health Service for the past ten years, specializing in the treatment of psychosis. He runs a private ACT-based consultancy in London, UK, that offers training, supervision and psychological therapy. He is also chair of the national BABCP ACT committee, which promotes and develops ACT within the UK. Oliver is coeditor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis and coauthor of the self-help guide, ACTivate Your Life: Using Acceptance and Mindfulness to Build a Life That Is Rich, Fulfilling and Fun.

Louise C. Johns, DPhil, is a consultant clinical psychologist and BABCP accredited cognitive behavioral therapist. She works in the Oxford Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, overseeing the delivery and evaluation of psychological interventions for clients and their caregivers, including the training and supervision of staff. She is also an honorary senior research fellow in the department of psychiatry, University of Oxford, and an associate member of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. She is coeditor of the book, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis.

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor and director of clinical training in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of forty-one books and nearly 600 scientific articles, his career has focused on analysis of the nature of human language and cognition, and its application to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering and promotion of human prosperity. Among other associations, Hayes has been president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. His work has received several awards, including the Impact of Science on Application Award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626256136
• ISBN 13: 9781626256132
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280