Psychological interventions for adolescents with psychosis or distressing unusual experiences

This two-day course you will help you understand how adolescents might experience a psychotic episode, the impact on their lives and suitable responses and treatments.

At the end of the course you should be equipped to:

• Appreciate the research base in CBT for psychosis as it applies to adolescents
• Know how to assess distressing unusual experiences or Psychotic Like Experiences (PLEs) and how they differ from psychosis
• Be able to adapt and apply a CBT model for your work with adolescents experiencing a spectrum of symptoms from PLEs to psychosis
• Know how to use a CBT framework to engage, assess, formulate, and treat adolescent clients
• Understand the role and application of effective family interventions in psychosis
• Understand the role and application of art psychotherapy approaches with young people with psychosis.