ArticleThe British journal of clinical psychology2023
A case series study of compassion-focused therapy for distressing experiences in psychosis.
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- Experiencing Psychosis and Shame: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Strength and Patterns of Association.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Pooled it
- Shame and trauma are critical to understanding the impacts of psychosis: Examining clinical correlates within a tertiary psychosis service cohort.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Activation of the inner critic increases speech illusions and negative emotional valence of perceived speech.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- Relational Therapies for People Who Hear Voices: Operationalisation and Current Status of an Emergent Group of Psychological Therapies.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Review
- The ECHO study: compassion-focused therapy for young voice hearers and their caregivers. A pilot study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Lived experiences of auditory verbal hallucinations in a Northern Tanzania mental health clinic and implications for intervention adaptation.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
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- Comparative Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- A Systematic Review of Resilience in At-Risk Youth for Psychotic Disorders: An Analysis of Protective and Risk Factors from Recent Literature.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- How Does Individual Psychotherapy Promote Recovery for Persons with Psychosis? A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies to Understand the Patient's Experience.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- A case series study of compassion-focused therapy for distressing experiences in psychosis.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesCompassion-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).
designA non-concurrent, multiple-baseline, case series design, with three phases: baseline, intervention and follow-up.
methodsThe 26-session CFTp intervention was provided for a sample of eight people with distressing psychotic experiences and a psychosis-related diagnosis. The study aimed to assess acceptability of CFTp and to test clinically reliable improvements while receiving the intervention, compared to a baseline period.
resultsSeven of eight participants completed the therapy, and clinically reliable improvements were found at both the single-case and group level of analysis. At the single-case level, over half the participants showed improvements in depression (5/7), stress (5/7), distress (5/7), anxiety (4/7) and voices (3/5). One participant showed a deterioration in anxiety (1/7) and dissociation (1/7). At the group level (n = 7), there were significant improvements in depression, stress, distress, voices and delusions. The improvements in voices, delusions and distress were sustained at 6- to 8-week follow-up, but depression and stress dropped slightly to trend-level improvements.
conclusionsCFTp is a feasible and acceptable intervention for psychosis, and further investigation is warranted with a randomized controlled trial.
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