Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The need for innovation when providing services for the difficult to engage / Alan Meaden and Andrew Fox -- Part I. Innovations in engagement and brief therapies -- 2. The adapted open dialogue approach / Gert van Rensburg -- 3. Using pre-therapy in forensic settings / Richard Barker -- 4. Adapting relapse prevention strategies for use with difficult to engage populations / Morna Gillespie -- 5. Brief interventions and single sessions as stages in a change process for people with psychosis / Deborah Allen -- Part II. Innovations in interventions for individuals -- 6. Cognitive behavioural therapy for emotional dysfunction following psychosis : the role of emotional (dys)regulation / Mark Bernard, Chris Jackson & Max Birchwood -- 7. Compassionate focused therapy for people experiencing psychosis / Sophie L Mayhew -- 8. An existential approach to therapy: core values and therapeutic principles / Catherine Amphlett -- 9. Enhancing social participation and recovery through a cognitive developmental approach / Andrew Fox and Chris Harrop -- 10. Telling stories and re-authoring lives: a narrative approach to individuals with psychosis / Helen Hewson -- Part III. Innovations in group and whole team interventions -- 11. Group rational emotive behaviour therapy for paranoia / Richard Bennett and Louise Pearson -- 12. Team-based cognitive therapy for distress and problematic behaviour associated with positive symptoms / Alan Meaden, Andrew Fox and David Hacker -- 13. Long-term supportive psychotherapy as a team-based therapy / Alan Meaden and Helen Hewson -- 14. Team-based cognitive therapy for problematic behaviour associated with negative symptoms / Andrew Fox and Alan Meaden -- 15. Concluding remarks / Andrew Fox & Alan Meaden.

Despite the steady acceptance of psychological interventions for people with psychosis in routine practice many people continue to experience problems in their recovery. The need to develop new approaches, particularly for those who are more difficult to engage and have significant co-morbidities is therefore important. Innovations in Psychosocial Interventions for Psychosis positions psychological formulation as a key organising principle for the delivery of care within multidisciplinary teams. The interventions described all have the common theme of supporting recovery and achieving goals th.