Youth Metacognitive Therapy Feasibility Trial

Treatment usually delivered in service that may include but is not limited to cognitive behaviour therapy, exposure, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing , behaviour therapy, family therapy.

Group metacognitive therapy (Group-MCT) focuses on developing adaptive control of worry, repetitive negative thinking and attention and modifies beliefs that maintain unhelpful thinking patterns. Treatment is 6 to 8 weekly sessions delivered by two trained mental health professionals, guided by a treatment manual, lasting approximately 90 minutes each session.