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Healing The Distress Of Psychosis : Listening With Psychoticears
Paperback Edition: 1
Even among mental health clinicians, the communications of individuals who are experiencing psychosis have historically been considered mysterious, bizarre, and invalid. These judgmental, inaccurate interpretations and accusatory attitudes can cause iatrogenic trauma, a significant obstacle to recovery. Healing the Distress of Psychosis focuses on practice-based and evidence-informed interventions to effectively understand and communicate with people who are experiencing psychotic symptoms. The text debunks myths about understanding people who experience psychosis and common interventions, and thoughtfully describes: (a) the experience of psychosis, as well as the unique intervention method of fostering the therapeutic relationship; and (b) the psychotic thought process from neurological, linguistic, and existential-psychological perspectives. Effective clinical skills to accurately listen, understand, and communicate with a person experiencing symptoms of psychosis are also offered. Mental health professionals, individuals with lived psychotic experiences, and their family members and loved ones will find this book to be a strong and accurate voice that validates the past and present disappointments in mainstream public mental health treatment, while delivering hope in creating a secure and thriving self-determined life.
Featured in the December 2018 Psychology newsletter.
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Pages : 361
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Publication date : 2018-10-25
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Psychology, Abnormal Psychology