Group therapy for psychoses

Group Therapy for Psychoses offers an international perspective on the current range of practice in the field, and in multiple care situations, contexts and institutions: from acute units to therapeutic communities, rehabilitation groups, self-help, and groups of those who hear voices. Presented in two parts, the first covers the history, evaluation and research methodologies of group therapy, while the second part explores specific examples of groups and settings. This book tackles misconceptions about the treatment of psychoses and empahsises the healing effects of group therapy. It underscores the importance of training for selecting and conducting groups of patients suffering from psychoses, and suggests possible formats, approaches and perspectives--back cover.

History of group psychotherapy of patients with psychoses / Manuel González de Chávez -- Limitations of nomothetic procedures for group psychotherapy in psychosis : a gamified approach of the idiographic Yalom's therapeutic factors Q-sort / Lina Tost, Dani Tost, Cecilio Hernández, Manuel González de Chávez -- Therapeutic factors in group psychotherapy with patients diagnosed with psychosis / Ignacio García Cabeza -- Creation of a therapy group for persons with psychotic experiences / Manuel González de Chávez -- How group psychotherapy works with people suffering from psychosis / Manuel González de Chávez -- Transference and countertransference features in psychological approach to patient with psychosis : the group-dynamic considerations / Maurizio Peciccia, Ivan Urlic, Simone Donnari -- Group psychotherapy in acute inpatient unit / Ivan Urlic -- Short and long-term group psychotherapies with outpatients suffering from psychosis / Marjeta Blinc Pesek, Bojana Avgustin Avcin, Nada Perovsek Solinc, Kaja Medved -- Intimacy, love and sexuality in the psychodynamic group psychotherapy of patients with psychosis / Branka Restek-Petrovic, Natasa Oreskovic-Krezler -- The ontology and phen…