{"id":62,"date":"2016-04-23T18:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecbiz196.inmotionhosting.com\/~drlisa6\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2016-07-30T20:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T20:16:47","slug":"schizophrenia-treatment-group-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"Schizophrenia Treatment:<br>Group Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I developed my own schizophrenia group therapy, called \u201cLiving with Schizophrenia.\u201d The group focuses on a supportive, concrete approach to helping you manage your illness and work towards your life goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\">In the group therapy setting, I use techniques rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychotic Disorders, Illness Management and Recovery, and social skills education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\">The purpose of the group is to help clients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder learn and strengthen a variety of symptom management and life skills. The group focuses on a supportive, concrete approach to helping you manage your illness and work towards your life goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\"><b>Schizophrenia Group Therapy Details: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once per week<\/li>\n<li>90 minutes per group session<\/li>\n<li>The group runs about nine months, but clients are not required to stay in the group for all nine months<\/li>\n<li>Participating clients must have a schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or similar disorder<\/li>\n<li>Clients of diverse ages and ethnicities<\/li>\n<li>Co-ed<\/li>\n<li>Maximum 8 group members<\/li>\n<li>Open group, new clients are integrated to the group at any time during the group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"smalltext\"><b>Eligibility\u200b<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\">You must complete a one-on-one intake appointment with me to determine eligibility for the group.<\/p>\n<p>   <em>> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com?page_id=70\">Request an intake appointment<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\"><b>Insurance<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\">The group is covered by most insurance companies, including Medicare and Medical Assistance. The administrative team will verify benefits and complete any pre-certification process before you begin the program.<br \/>\n   <em>> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com?page_id=68\">Learn more about Rates and Insurance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com?page_id=64\">NEXT: One-on-One Therapy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I developed my own schizophrenia group therapy, called \u201cLiving with Schizophrenia.\u201d The group focuses on a supportive, concrete approach to helping you manage your illness and work towards your life goals. In the group therapy setting, I use techniques rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychotic Disorders, Illness Management and Recovery, and social skills education. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/?page_id=62\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Schizophrenia Treatment:<br \/>Group Therapy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlisacowley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}