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Workshops on CBT for psychosis
Cognitive-behaviour Therapy for Delusions
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[Henry Wellcome] Seminar Room

from 09:30, Thursday, 08 November 2007
ends 17:00, Thursday, 08 November 2007

Summary

This workshop will cover psychological models of delusions and CBT skills and techniques for working with delusions.

Description

Background: Recent research suggests that delusions lie on a continuum with normal beliefs, and that their form may be more important diagnostically than their content. Key psychological models of delusions emphasise the importance of unusual experiences in driving delusional explanations, the role of appraisals in determining delusional outcome, as well as the presence of reasoning biases such as a "jump-to-conclusions" reasoning style. Such conceptualisations have led to further refinements in therapeutic techniques for delusions, which are the symptoms most amenable to change with CBT.

Key learning objectives: The key learning objectives are to (i) become aware of therapeutic styles necessary for working with psychotic patients; (ii) have an understanding of key issues to be covered in the assessment of delusions; (iii) have the opportunity to practice doing formulations for individuals with delusions; (iv) learn CBT skills and techniques for changing delusions.

Training modalities: The introduction to current research and psychological models will be primarily didactic. The skills based element of the workshop will be experiential.

Key references:

Fowler, D.G., Garety, P., Kuipers, E. (1995) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis: Theory and Practice. Chichester : John Wiley & Sons.

Chadwick, P., Birchwood, M. & Trower, P. (1996) Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia, Chichester : John Wiley & Sons

E.R. Peters, Y. Linney, L. Johns & E. Kuipers (In Press) Psychosis: Investigation & Psychosis: Intervention. In S.J.E. Lindsay & G.E. Powell (Eds) The Handbook of Clinical Adult Psychology. 3rd Edition. Routledge.

Speakers

Dr Emmanuelle Peters, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, & Consultant Clinical Psychologist on the National Psychosis Unit (NPU) and Psychological Interventions Clinic for oUtpatients with Psychosis (PICuP) co-ordinator, South London and Maudsley Trust (SLaM). Dr Kathryn Greenwood, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist on NPU & PICuP (SLaM)

Additional info

Cost of workshop is £140. Cost of attendance of two workshops (CBT for delusions & CBT for voices): £275

Downloads

Workshop flyer | 44544 | .doc
Application form | 44032 | .doc

Contact

Dorothy Abrahams,
PICuP Administrator
PICuP, PO79, Maudsley Psychology Centre, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ
E-mail: picup@slam.nhs.uk
Fax: 020 3228 5278
Phone: 020 3228 3524

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