Family Interventions: Family and Carer Wellbeing
Supporting someone with psychosis can involve worry, disrupted routines and uncertainty. Family members and carers may need information, emotional support and opportunities to maintain their own health. Recognising these needs does not imply that the…Continue Reading
Family Interventions: Relapse Planning
Family relapse planning identifies changes that may signal deterioration and agrees on a proportionate response. The person’s previous experiences can guide which signs are useful. Plans may cover sleep changes, increasing distress, contact preferences and…Continue Reading
Family Interventions: Problem-Solving
Structured problem-solving breaks a difficulty into a clear issue, possible options, an agreed action and a review of the outcome. In family work, it can address appointments, household responsibilities, money or conflict about support. The…Continue Reading
Family Interventions: Communication Skills
Communication skills in family interventions include listening, expressing concerns clearly and checking understanding. Conversations are often easier when they focus on one issue, use concrete language and allow time to respond. A calm tone can…Continue Reading
Family Interventions: Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation provides understandable information about symptoms, treatment, recovery and support. In family work, it helps participants develop a shared language while recognising that their experiences and explanations may differ. Information should be accurate, relevant and…Continue Reading
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Coping Strategies
Coping strategies are actions used to manage experiences and their consequences. They may include grounding, structured activity, attention shifts, relaxation, problem-solving or seeking support. Therapy examines which strategies actually help and which provide brief relief…Continue Reading
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Distressing Beliefs
Therapy can help a person examine distressing beliefs, particularly those involving threat, shame or personal significance. The approach usually begins with understanding the feared outcome and the emotional burden. Direct confrontation can damage trust, so…Continue Reading
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Distressing Voices
Therapy for distressing voices may examine their content, triggers and the beliefs a person holds about their power or intentions. Two people hearing similar words can experience very different levels of fear. The relationship with…Continue Reading
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Interpretations of Experiences
An experience and its interpretation are related but distinct. Hearing a voice may be distressing partly because it is understood as powerful, dangerous or proof of personal failure. A suspicious thought may lead to avoidance…Continue Reading
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Collaborative Formulation
A formulation is a shared explanation of how difficulties developed and what may be maintaining them. In cognitive behavioural therapy, it connects experiences with emotions, beliefs, behaviour and circumstances. It is individual rather than a…Continue Reading