A recent theme in the development of psychological interventions for hearing voices (auditory verbal hallucinations) has been the emergence of a group of overlapping approaches increasingly referred to as relational therapies: Relating Therapy (RT), Talking with Voices (TwV), and AVATAR Therapy (AT). Collaborative discussion among a group of researchers involved in developing these...
There is growing interest in tailoring psychological interventions for distressing voices and a need for reliable tools to assess phenomenological features which might influence treatment response. This study examines the reliability and internal consistency of the Voice Characterisation Checklist (VoCC), a novel 10-item tool which assesses degree of voice characterisation, identified as...
Grace Kiernan, Anneke Sools, Tim Alber et al.
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Objective: This study explores experiences of social adversity and changes in social functioning from the perspectives of individuals with early psychosis.Method: Interviews were conducted with N=14 individuals with early psychosis and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Results: Four overarching themes reflecting varying experiences of social adversity and functioning were...