Johns Louise C. - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis

Louise: To Mum and Dad, for your love and endless support, and to my boys le gioie della mia vita
Joe: To my parents, Josand Dennis, for all the love and support youve given me
Eric: To Liz, Matilda & Miles every day I am grateful for your love and faith in me

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Acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness for psychosis / edited by Louise C. Johns, Eric M.J. Morris, and Joseph E. Oliver.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-119-95080-6 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-119-95079-0 (pbk.) 1. PsychosesTreatment.
2. Acceptance and commitment therapy. I. Johns, Louise C., editor of compilation.
II. Morris, Eric M. J., editor of compilation. III. Oliver, Joseph E., editor of compilation.
RC512.A27 2013
616.89dc23

2012039877

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Eric M. J. Morris is a chartered consultant clinical psychologist and the psychology lead for early intervention for psychosis, at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Eric Morris completed training as a clinical psychologist in 1995 at Murdoch University, Western Australia, specialising in psychological interventions for psychosis. On qualifying he worked in a pioneering service for early intervention for psychosis in Perth, Western Australia, before moving to the UK in 1999 to work for the National Health Service in Hampshire and South London. Eric has been a practising Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for more than ten years, and is a highly experienced trainer and supervisor of therapists using contextual cognitive behavioural therapies. Eric is completing a PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, researching psychological flexibility and auditory hallucinations, as well as the investigation of ACT as a workplace intervention. He is a founding member and former chair for the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Special Interest Group of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Eric is a co-director of Contextual Consulting, an independent consultancy specialising in providing training in contextual cognitive behavioural therapies.

Louise C. Johns is a chartered consultant clinical psychologist with the Psychological Interventions Clinic for Oupatients with Psychosis (PICuP), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK. PICuP provides bespoke training and supervision in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and family intervention for psychosis, as well as a specialist clinical service. Louise is also an honorary lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK, and a tutor and supervisor on the Postgraduate Diploma in CBT for Psychosis, Kings College London.

Louise received a BA (Hons) in natural sciences, specialising in psychology, at Cambridge University in 1991, and went on to complete a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) at the University of Oxford. Her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) was completed in 1998 at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. She has a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from Kings College London, and is an accredited cognitive behavioural therapist with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

Since qualifying as a clinical psychologist, Louise has worked continuously in a clinical and research capacity in the field of psychosis. She has extensive experience of delivering therapy and of training and supervising staff across all stages of presentation of psychosis. She has published over 50 articles on psychosis, covering development and psychopathology of symptoms as well as cognitive behavioural treatments. She has led on the first UK funded studies to evaluate ACT for psychosis in group settings.

Joseph E. Oliver is a clinical psychologist working in the Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Psychosis Service, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He is also co-director of Contextual Consulting, an ACT-based consultancy that offers contextual-CBT training, supervision and psychological therapy.

Joseph graduated from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, receiving a BA (Hons) before going on to complete his postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology and PhD in 2003. His PhD research investigated the psychological processes of stress and wellbeing within the workplace. Alongside his clinical work, specialising in the area of psychosis, Joseph carries out research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, being involved in a number of trials investigating the use of ACT with people with psychosis and within the workplace. He has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters in the clinical application of ACT and is currently leading on an RCT comparing ACT and mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions for workplace wellbeing.

Joseph is also current chair of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) ACT Special Interest Group, which promotes and develops ACT within the UK, by offering professional development opportunities, grants and training workshops. In addition, he regularly provides ACT and contextual-CBT training, both nationally and internationally.