The most widely known application of cognitive psychotherapy is that originally conceived and developed by Beck and his pupils (Beck 1976; Beck et al. 1979; Beck and Emery 1985) specifically for use in the short-term treatment of emotional disorders, especially of a depressive type. A comprehensive literature now exists, however, documenting its feasibility in a wide range of severe psychopathological conditions, both in individual and group formats (Freeman 1983) and in psychiatric and medical settings (Freeman and Greenwood 1986). Nevertheless, publications concerned with the use of this psychotherapeutic method with patients suffering from schizophrenic disorders are still limited in number and scope (Beck 1952; Meichenbaum and Cameron 1973; Hole et al 1979; Adams et al. 1981; Jacobs 1980, 1982; Greenwood 1983; A. Palm 1985; U. Palm 1985; C. Perris 1986a,b). Thus, a thorough description of the feasibility of cognitive psychotherapy with patients suffering from schizophrenic, psychotic or post-psychotic syndromes is still warranted.