Tests a new talking therapy for self-experience in young adults with psychosis
Tests a new talking therapy for self-disorders in adults with schizophrenia or psychosis risk.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Seven-step Phenomenological Psychotherapy for Self-disorder - a Pilot Study
Key facts
- Where
- Oslo and Sandvika, NorwaySee the 2 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 39 years old?
Source: NCT06597864, who can take part
Where in Norway
- Akershus University HospitalOslo, NorwayNo longer taking part
- Bærum DPSSandvika, NorwayTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Oslo University Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT06597864
- Record updated
- 9 December 2025
- Original description
The goal of this clinical pilot study is to learn how adults with schizophrenia or other non-affective psychotic disorders or psychosis risk syndromes experience a novel psychotherapeutic treatment for self-disorders. The study has a qualitative, phenomenological research design. After end of treatment, the participants are interviewed about the experience of the treatment. This include how the participants liked it, if it was experienced as helpful and useful, and changes in self-experience and experience of relations to others and the world.Read full original descriptionShow less
Seven-step Phenomenological Psychotherapy for Self-disorder - a Pilot Study
The goal of this clinical pilot study is to learn how adults with schizophrenia or other non-affective psychotic disorders or psychosis risk syndromes experience a novel psychotherapeutic treatment for self-disorders. The study has a qualitative, phenomenological research design. After end of treatment, the participants are interviewed about the experience of the treatment. This include how the participants liked it, if it was experienced as helpful and useful, and changes in self-experience and experience of relations to others and the world.
Inclusion: Clinical diagnoses in the ICD-10-CM Code range, i.e. schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders. First diagnosed no more than 3 years ago; Or Psychosis risk syndrome as defined in the Structured Interview of Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS) (McGlashan, Walsh, \& Woods, 2010); Present with anomalous self-experiences, as confirmed by the Screen Questionnaire for EASE (SQuEASE-6) (Møller, 2018); Motivated to explore and work with anomalous self-experiences in psychotherapy.
Exclusion: Severe, ongoing drug abuse; Severe, ongoing psychosis; IQ\<70; Poor Norwegian language profiency.