Compulsive Thoughts and Behaviours

Mild psychosis is when a person has disordered thoughts or perceptions. Paranoia is when the client has a false perception of other people and their behaviours toward the client. OCD is where a person has an unreasonable drive to complete specific behaviours to create a sense of control over a chaotic situation.
My approach to such disturbances is first to assess what degree of medical intervention would be required.
Grounding the person without aggressively challenging them is a key approach. For long-term symptom reduction, I help the client identify triggers to their behaviour and develop coping skills. Choice theory with CBT is a suitable approach for such perceptual upset.