Does CBT help with schizophrenia

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Does cognitive behaviour therapy help with schizophrenia?

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Yes for some people.

http://schizophrenia.com/?p=50

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CBT works best when the person suffering from SZ is more or less stable, and preferably taking medications.
CBT rarely works when the person is off his or her rocker.
CBT takes some thinking and processing, it replaces negative thinking with more positive thoughts - if you ask me, it is really basic and kind of simple at its core.
CBT is not for everyone - I underwent some pretty intense CBT with my last therapist, but because I was not so stable, I got very little out of it.
CBT is best suited for depression and anxiety, but it is still used for SZ and can be helpful.
CBT used for schizophrenia is common in certain parts of Europe, like England - it is catching on here in the States

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I wouldnā€™t say itā€™s done much about some of my more irritating negative symptoms, but it has helped a lot with some of the constant racing anxiety I used to fight through. Itā€™s helped me let go of some of my paranoia spikesā€¦

It has helped me get out of my self hate and hopelessness feelingsā€¦ and helped me let go of some of my guilt and shame of the past.

It wasnā€™t CBT but anger management and coping with social anxiety therapy also helped.

My doc did NOT mention CBT until I was med stable and it looked like I was going to finally stay that way.

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I do CBT. I think it helps but it has to take more than a year to function. I am in the first months but I can say It hasnā€™t helped me much because I usually forget what we have said the previous times! But the process of changing your thoughts is very good, used to think that way when I had reduced my meds, 'cos I was more optimistic. I wish I can reach that level again.

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I would like to do CBT. Is that different from regular therapy? I know that regular therapy can be difficult because not everyone understands schizophrenia. I had a new age therapist who supported me getting off medication, but who also helped me understand that I could overcome a lot of my symptoms. Then I went off the medication and my father was upset, and I stopped seeing her because she realized her own mistakes and considered herself not professional enough. I really liked her though. She was one of my best therapists, and introduced me to the concept of neuroplasticity or the brain healing itself from trauma. Mainstream belief is that I canā€™t be off medication, and it makes sense I guess. Itā€™s one of the things that keeps me grounded.

I would like a therapist if I could explain what my issues were better. My main issues are about motivation and work/school.

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I like my therapist because we discuss medications, she is also another set of eyes to see how I am managing with my symptoms - CBT is a type of therapy where you work on improving or changing your thought patterns -

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Iā€™m interested in ā€œDialectical Behavioral Therapyā€ (DBT). It is a more involved form of CBT. I think that would work best for a person with my problems. I donā€™t know if I have the right prerequisites to do it, though.

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Hello, StarryNight, one of my pdocs said that regular therapy like psychoanalysis is not for us, as almost all other methods. But I have learned that CBT helps in our case. As my latest pdoc says, it acts 50%, along with medicines that act another 50%!!! This is something all of us should know!! I just forgot to mention it earlier.

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I want to try CBT or DBT. There are also free programs online for therapy that Iā€™ve looked into. There was an application that I used on my phone for DBT. Apple has a lot of great therapy applications for the ipad and iphone.

http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/

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