Psychotherapy for Psychosis: Integrating Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic
Treatment Dr. Garrett will describe the utility of integrating cognitive-behavior therapy for psychosis (CBTp) and psychodynamic treatment in helping patients with psychotic conditions. CBTp can help patients consider the possibility that their delusional beliefs are literally false, while a psychodynamic approach can help them understand the figurative, metaphorical truth of their symptoms as authentic expressions of their state of mind and past history. Dr. Garrett will give a detailed presentation of the first 16 sessions in the successful therapy of a chronically psychotic woman, unresponsive to medication, who for 20 years believed she had a horrible smell. Dr. Garrett will include a video of the patient reflecting on her treatment.