From pioneering treatment developers, this book describes recovery-oriented cognitive therapy (CT-R). This evidence-based approach empowers people given a serious mental health diagnosis such as schizophrenia to build a better life in their chosen community. CT-R provides innovative strategies to help individuals shift from a "patient" mode to an adaptive mode of living and take positive steps to pursue valued aspirations. Vivid case vignettes and sample dialogues illustrate ways to access the adaptive mode with people experiencing negative symptoms, delusions, hallucinations, communication difficulties, self-harming or aggressive behavior, and other challenges. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials, plus two online-only tip sheets relevant to COVID-19 and telehealth, and find a link to related videos.

See also Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Third Edition: Basics and Beyond, Judith S. Beck, the definitive CBT text, with new coverage of CT-R in the third edition.

Table of Contents

I. CT-R Model of Transformation and Empowerment

1. Introduction to Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy

2. Mapping Recovery: Developing a Plan for Transformative Action

3. Accessing and Energizing the Adaptive Mode

4. Developing the Adaptive Mode: Aspirations

5. Actualizing the Adaptive Mode: Positive Action

6. Strengthening the Adaptive Mode

II. Empowerment for Common Challenges

7. Empowering When Negative Symptoms Are the Challenge

8. Empowering When Delusions Are the Challenge

9. Empowering When Hallucinations Are the Challenge

10. Empowering When Communication Is the Challenge

11. Empowering When Trauma, Self-Injury, Aggressive Behavior, or Substance Use Is the Challenge

III.CT-R Contexts

12. Individual CT-R for the Sole Provider

13. The CT-R Inpatient Service

14. CT-R Group Therapy

15. Families as Facilitators of Empowerment

Appendices

- A. CT-R Terminology

- B. Blank Recovery Map

- C. Recovery Map How-To Guide

- D. Suggestions for Activities to Access the Adaptive Mode

- E. Blank Activity Schedule

- F. Blank Chart for Breaking Aspirations into Steps

- G. Interventions for Individuals Experiencing Negative Symptoms

- H. CT-R Benchmarks