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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Recovery from Psychosis

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Finding purpose, meaning, and personal identity can be a long-term challenge for people who have experienced psychosis. This chapter outlines how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT; Hayes et al., Acceptance and commitment therapy: the process and practice of mindful change. Guilford Press, 2012) has been developed to support the personal recovery of people with psychosis. ACT is a contextual, third-wave cognitive behavioural therapy that presents a broad model for supporting the wellbeing, functioning, and quality of life for people across a diverse range of situations and experiences of problems. This chapter provides the reader with an understanding of how ACT has been adapted for the needs of people with psychosis, including the key processes and goals of the intervention, modifications made to tailor techniques and language, and the formats that have been subject to empirical research thus far. This chapter also includes application of these principles through three case studies.

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  1. Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), Melbourne, Australia

    Daniel D. Simsion

  2. School of Psychology & Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Daniel D. Simsion, Emma Caruana & Eric M. J. Morris

  3. Northern Health, Melbourne, Australia

    Eric M. J. Morris

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Simsion, D.D., Caruana, E., Morris, E.M.J. (2023). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Recovery from Psychosis. In: Díaz-Garrido, J.A., Zúñiga, R., Laffite, H., Morris, E. (eds) Psychological Interventions for Psychosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27003-1_13

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