Progressive Psychotherapists and the Psychiatric Survivor Movement  

Oleh:

Burstow, Bonnie

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Humanistic Psychology vol. 44 no. 2 (2008), page 141-154.
Topik: progressive psychotherapists; psychiatric survivors; social movement; collaboration; consciousness-raising; empowerment
Fulltext: 141.pdf (161.6KB)

Isi artikel

This article argues for and focuses on the importance of humanistic, radical, and other progressive psychotherapists finding ways of relating to the psychiatric survivormovement.Progressive clinicians and survivor groups, it is suggested, have overlaps in values, a shared objection to institutional psychiatry, complementary strengths, and to varying extents, common cause. So there are strong reasons for connection. Drawing on the survivor movement as a resource and reference point for psychiatrized clients and helping them connect with the movement are identified as particularly important directions for practitioners to take. Recommended examples of more direct involvement with the movement are supporting and endorsing statements made by movement groups, cowriting articles, making room for movement involvement in clinicians’ initiatives, contributing to movement initiatives, and mounting joint educational programs and joint campaigns. All such actions are conditional on practitioners respecting survivor groups, acknowledging their expertise, not violating their trust, and supporting their struggle for self-determination.

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