Self-Disclosure in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Experience of Self-Disclosure in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp): An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
IRAS ID
259726
Contact name
Alastair Pipkin
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Oxford / Clinical Trials and Research Governance
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 24 days
Research summary
Seeing a therapist and having to share difficult or distressing thoughts, feelings or experiences can be challenging for many people. Research suggests that negative stigma in the general public about mental health difficulties makes seeing a therapist and sharing your thoughts and feelings with them even more difficult. We know that psychosis – perhaps hearing voices, seeing things that may not be there or feeling paranoid about others – still has negative stigma attached to it. The NHS currently offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a specific type of therapy, for people experiencing psychosis for the first time. No research has been completed about how people experiencing psychosis who are in therapy in the NHS feel about sharing their difficult thoughts and feelings with their therapist. The present study aims to recruit 12 people who are in therapy for psychosis in the NHS and ask them about how they feel about disclosing their experiences to their therapist. This project will use qualitative methodology, specifically using an interview, to explore how people engaging with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) experience making self-disclosures to their therapist about distressing thoughts, feelings and experiences. Data will be analysed to inform how therapists can support people to engage with therapy so that they can get the best support possible.
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/SC/0504
Date of REC Opinion
14 Oct 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion