Evidence-Based Strategies for Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in People with Psychosis Spectrum Disorders
Jasmine Mote, PhD
Dr. Mote will review current knowledge on social isolation and loneliness for individuals with psychosis spectrum disorders and will discuss evidence-based strategies for addressing loneliness in treatment.
About the Speaker
Jasmine Mote, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and Research Assistant Professor at Boston University. She has over ten years of experience working with clients across the psychosis spectrum, including clinical high risk, first episode, and adults with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. She is currently an outpatient therapist for Cambridge Psychology Group, specializing in CBT and ACT for people with mood, anxiety, psychosis-spectrum, and perinatal mental health concerns. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing the social and emotional difficulties of people living with serious mental illness, answering questions such as “How can we help people with serious mental illness feel less lonely? And “In what ways do people with serious mental illness experience emotion (in their minds, in their bodies) differently than others?” She received BA in Psychology from Oberlin College and her MA in Psychology and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.