Increasing Reasons for Living in Psychosis

This chapter presents a module dedicated to enhancing reasons for living to reduce suicide risk in individuals with psychosis. It identifies treatment goals and uses the Reasons for Living Scale to assess protective beliefs. The chapter introduces counseling and coaching strategies to expand purpose, future orientation, and value-driven behavior. Skills such as distress tolerance through values-based action and differentiating willingness from willfulness are emphasized as practical tools for strengthening motivation to live and reducing self-harm vulnerability.