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Why Does Mainstream Psychiatry Fear a Balanced Understanding of Psychosis? Ron Unger

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/2015/11/why-does-mainstream-psychiatry-fear-a-balanced-understanding-of-psychosis/#more-1682 Useful, interesting article on the BPS Report, ‘Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia’ and the mainstream psychiatric response. Thanks, Ron. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling in Exeter since 1994

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Ron Unger – Radical uncertainty: a healing stance for all

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://beyondmeds.com/2015/07/19/radical-uncertainty/ Gratitude to Ron and to http://www.beyondmeds.com for this interesting post. The psychiatric paradigm defines (and invites us to define) our distress or disturbance as ‘illness’ in need of ‘treatment’. Ron argues this thereby precludes the most effective healing agent … Continue reading →

Posted in actualizing tendency, anti-psychotics, client as 'expert', clients' perspective, core conditions, cultural questions, empowerment, encounter, equality, ethics, external locus, healing, internal locus of evaluation, non-directive counselling, perception, person centred, person centred theory, power and powerlessness, psychiatry, psychosis, reality, relationship, self concept, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, values & principles, vulnerability, working with clients | Tagged affordable counselling exeter, client as expert, counselling ethics, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, Eleanor Longden, equality in therapy, low cost counselling exeter, mental health model, not knowing in therapy, organismic, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, Paris Williams, person centred counselling exeter, person-centered, person-centred, psychiatric model, psychic civil war, Psychosis, psychotherapy ethics, radical uncertainty, Ron Unger, therapeutic process, therapeutic relationship, www.beyondmeds.com, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk | Leave a comment

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Why Does Mainstream Psychiatry Fear a Balanced Understanding of Psychosis? Ron Unger

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