Remove Engagement Remove Psychotherapy Remove Schizophrenia
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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Most people in the room were engaged with others, with the exception of one older woman who stood apart, her back against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest. Like Thompson, they filled the day with activities that provided structure and predictability, the two things I needed as much as medication and psychotherapy.

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what's love got to do with it?

Clinical Philosophy

But all going well, I suggest, what they’ll be met with in therapy is the opportunity to engage in a form of interaction which leaves them with a greater trust in their lovability, a greater clarity regarding what it is to love and be loved, and a greater capacity for loving. Is psychotherapy, too, not a more subtle selling of such a fantasy?