'Like jumping off a ledge into the water': A qualitative study of trauma-focussed imaginal exposure for hearing voices.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is growing evidence of a link between the experience of hearing voices and past traumatic events, and trauma-focussed psychological interventions are being applied to hearing voices as an emerging treatment direction. To inform the ongoing development and implementation of this application, there is a need to understand clients' therapy experiences.

Design

Qualitative study exploring the experience of people who received an intervention for voices linked to a previous traumatic event.

Method

Ten participants experiencing voices with some connection to a previous traumatic event participated in individual semi-structured interviews following six sessions of imaginal exposure, an exposure-based trauma-focussed intervention. Participant responses were ana

SUBMITTER: Feary N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature