What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis?

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based practice to help individuals with psychosis examine evidence for their beliefs.

What is Psychosis?

Psychosis refers to a number of symptoms that are common in behavioral health conditions. One symptoms of psychosis is hallucinations; hearing voices or seeing things when there is nothing around to explain it. For example, someone may see a person in a green hat everywhere they go.

Another symptoms of psychosis is having beliefs that are not supported by evidence. For example, believing that someone is poisoning your food when that is not happening.

How Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis helps

CBT for psychosis helps individuals to examine evidence and do experiments to see whether or not their views can be supported by evidence and helps them to develop strategies to cope with voices or visions that are not completely eliminated by taking medication. CBT is practiced at Amber Lantern’s San Antonio based facilities and is a very important adjunct to taking medication.

Contact Amber Lantern

To learn more about the benefits of CBT, and how it can help you or a loved one living with Psychosis, please contact the Amber Lantern team. We’d be happy to discuss our treatment methods with you, and determine if Amber Lantern’s programs are a good fit for your needs.

About Amber Lantern

Amber Lantern is dedicated to helping people living with serious mental health issues live more independent and fulfilling lives. We operate a network of residential treatment communities in the San Antonio and the greater Bexar County area.