A case series study of compassion-focused therapy for distressing experiences in psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is an evolution-informed biopsychosocial approach that seeks to cultivate attachment and care motivational systems and their psychophysiological regulators. These can counteract some of the harmful effects of social threat, inferiority, shame, self-criticism and depression, which are common in people with psychosis and undermine their well-being, social trust and ability to feel safe. This study aimed to test the acceptability of a novel manualized individual CFT intervention for psychosis (CFTp).

Design

A non-concurrent, multiple-baseline, case series design, with three phases: baseline, intervention and follow-up.

Methods

The 26-session CFTp intervention was provided for a sample of eight people with distressing psychotic

SUBMITTER: Heriot-Maitland C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature