Psychotherapy for Psychosis: Integrating Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic Treatment, Hardcover

In this innovative book, master clinician Michael Garrett shows how to weave together cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy to support the recovery of persons suffering from psychosis. This integrated framework builds on the strengths of both methods to achieve lasting gains, even for patients with severe, chronic mental illness. The therapist is guided to use CBT to help the patient recognize the literal falsity of delusions, while employing psychodynamic strategies to explore the figurative truth and personal meaning of psychotic symptoms. Extended case presentations and numerous clinical vignettes illustrate Garrett's compassionate, empowering approach.

Michael Garrett, MD, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of Psychotherapy Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. He is Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a faculty member at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York, affiliated with NYU Langone Health. Dr. Garrett's research interests include the relationship between psychosis and ordinary mental life, and psychotherapy for psychosis. He is a four-time recipient of the SUNY Downstate Distinguished Educator Award.