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ABSTRACT Background: A service evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a six-session compassion focused therapy (CFT) group for outpatients with psychosis was conducted. Methods: Fourteen groups were run across two services, with different facilitators following the same protocol. One hundred and nine clients were recruited, of whom 80 completed groups, and 71-76 completed measures of key social processes targeted by CFT. Results: Overall attendance and satisfaction ratings were good. A thematic analysis of feedback suggested a range of therapeutic benefits. A mixed-effects model with maximum likelihood estimation, incorporating random effects at two hierarchical levels, showed significant improvements in pre-post measures of social safeness (p < .001, effect size .53) and self-compassion (p = .002, effect size .50), but changes in perceived social rank were only at trend level (p = .087, effect size .21). Results In the seven-year data collection period (2014-2021), fourteen groups were run (eight at the psychological therapy service, six in community psychosis services), with an average of 8 people recruited per group. Of the 109 participants recruited, 78 were women (72%) and average age was 44 (range 18-66). The ethnic groups of participants were 53 white (49%), 44 black (40%), 6 Asian (5.5%), and 6 unspecified (5.5%). Information about the current clinical presentation of participants were PSYCHOSIS 87 collected from clinical notes for 81 of 109 participants (74%), of whom 34 (42%) were currently hearing voices, 40 (49%) had current distressing beliefs. Need Assignment Help?