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Exploring change processes in compassion focused therapy in psychosis: Results of a feasibility randomized controlled trial by Christine Braehler; Andrew Gumley; Janice Harper; Sonia Wallace; John Norrie; Paul Gilbert is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.
## Objectives: Compassion focused therapy (cft) was developed to stimulate capacities for soothing and affiliation to self and others as a way to regulate the threat system. this feasibility study aimed to assess the safety, the acceptability, the potential benefits, and associated change processes of using group cft with people recovering from psychosis. ## Design: A prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded end point evaluation design was used. ## Method: Forty adult patients with a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder were randomized to cft plus treatment as usual (tau; n = 22) or to tau alone (n = 18). group cft comprised 16 sessions (2 hr each, 1 x week). participants were assessed prior to randomization and at the end of treatment. assessments included semi-structured interviews to elicit narratives of recovery from psychosis and self-report measures. at the end of treatment, participants were rated on the clinical global impression scale. narratives were coded using the narrative recovery style scale to provide measures of change in compassion and avoidance. change processes were correlated with changes in depression, personal beliefs about illness, fear of recurrence, and pos
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- Author
- Christine Braehler; Andrew Gumley; Janice Harper; Sonia Wallace; John Norrie; Paul Gilbert
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Psychology (Social Sciences)