title: Group person-based cognitive therapy for distressing voices: views from the hearers.
abstract: This study investigated the experiences of people who received a contemporary form of cognitive therapy for distressing voices. Eighteen people who heard distressing voices participated in an 8-session person-based cognitive therapy (PBCT) group and were then interviewed to elicit their experiences from the group. Data were gathered during a series of five posttherapy focus groups based on a semistructured interview schedule. A grounded theory approach was used to generate, work with, and understand the data. Four categories emerged: two representing the context for reflection and change and two representing the acceptance of voices and self and the changing sense of self. The conceptual and clinical implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goodliffe
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: Dora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Turton
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dannahy
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D012934:Social Isolation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology