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Empathic Therapy Conference
This conference is an absolute must-do for anyone who wants to participate in real healing for people in emotional distress. Richard Gottlieb, MSW, and I will be doing a workshop on “Treating the Maltreated,” i.e., what professionals in the mental health field need to know … Continue reading
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What is Empathic Therapy?
I went to Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference because I knew Dr. Breggin to be opposed to psychiatric medications—drugs—which had grievously damaged me. I also knew that without drugs there can be no hospitalization. Only a chemical straightjacket can keep people … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, Diagnosis, Drug, empathic therapy, empathy, fear, medication, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Patient, Peter Breggin, Psychiatry, psychotherapy, PTSD, therapist, therapy
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PPP, DDD and Me
I went to the Empathic Therapy Conference because it included workshops about drugs and drug damage. (All I understand of empathic therapy is that it’s what you do when you accept people as people, not as diagnosable units of sickness, … Continue reading
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Empathic Therapy: Hopefulness for “Schizophrenics”
So at the Empathic Therapy Conference I ask Dick, the therapist from Grand Rapids, if I can sit with him for his protection, and off we go to How Psychiatric Drugs Work and How They Get FDA Approval: Peter R. … Continue reading
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Empathic Therapy and Healing our Homecoming Troops
I wheeled into Psychotherapy and Medication for Military Stress: Maj. Maria Kimble, MSW, LCSW, at Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference. Earlier in the afternoon, I had noticed a young woman sitting in profile to me. She had brown hair … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, depression, drugs, empathic therapy, empathy, Major Maria Kimble, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, military, Peter Breggin, Posttraumatic stress disorder, psychotherapy, therapist, therapy, troops, U.S. Army, United States Army
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Non-Violent Communication: Felon v. Patient
I was attending Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference: Bring out the Best in Yourself! So I wheeled into Non-Violent Communication; Increasing Empathy in Private and Institutional Settings: Mel Sears, RN MBA. Mel turned out to be a comfortable-looking older … Continue reading
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