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In the 1960s and 1970s, the radical and visionary ideas of R. D. Laing revolutionized thinking about psychiatric practice and the meaning of madness. His work, from The Divided Self to Knots , and his therapeutic community at Kingsley Hall, made him a household name. But after little more than a ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, the radical and visionary ideas of R. D. Laing revolutionized thinking about psychiatric practice and the meaning of madness. His work, from The Divided Self to Knots , and his therapeutic community at Kingsley Hall, made him a household name. But after little more than a decade he faded from prominence as quickly as he had attained it.R.D.Laing and the Paths of Anti-Psychiatry re-examines Laing's work in the context of the anti-psychiatry movement. Concentrating on his most productive decade, the author provides a reasoned critique of Laing's theoretical writings, investigates the influences on his thinking such as phenomenology, existentialism and American family interaction research, and considers the experimental Kingsley Hall therapeutic community in comparison with anti-psychiatry experiments in Germany and Italy. The book provides a much needed reassessment and re-evaluation of Laing's work and its significance for psychotherapy and psychiatry today.

Do the science and practice of psychology make a significant and positive contribution to human welfare and the struggle for a good society? Is it possible that modern psychotherapy subtly reinforces a narrow and ultimately self-defeating individualism? Can psychology unwittingly perpetuate such ...

Do the science and practice of psychology make a significant and positive contribution to human welfare and the struggle for a good society? Is it possible that modern psychotherapy subtly reinforces a narrow and ultimately self-defeating individualism? Can psychology unwittingly perpetuate such modern social ills as the loss of community and emotional isolation? In the twentieth century, the practice of psychology has usually been based on a scientific or objective theory of human behavior. Today, an influential countermovement, often called social constructionism, argues that there is no basis for our beliefs or values beyond the swirl of meanings and practices in a particular community or era. Re-envisioning Psychology examines the increasing dissatisfaction with both scientific and social constructionist viewpoints and presents a sweeping new vision of theory and practice in psychology. In this persuasive new book, Frank C. Richardson, Blaine J. Fowers, and Charles B. Guignon explore the moral underpinnings of the practice of psychology, question its social meaning, and offer a powerful vision of an interpretive and cultural psychology for the new millennium. This original approach attempts to get at the root of fragmentation and confusion in modern psychology. It shows how practitioners and researchers can acknowledge and even prize their social and moral commitments while still taking a rigorously critical approach to examining their theories and practice. The authors argue that this reframing of psychology in terms of interpretation and dialogue can propel psychology to greater social relevance and responsibility. Moreover, it suggests new ways of thinking and social involvement that can enrich professional practice. A Powerful New View of Psychology Re-envisioning Psychology offers a provocative examination of contemporary psychology and its role in society and presents a bold new philosophical perspective from which clinicians and researchers can re-imagine their work."Re-envisioning Psychology is a breath of fresh air, a clear and resounding voice that provides an intellectual and moral direction that, if heeded and built upon, could lead psychology out of the confusion and political collusion in which it is currently mired. Richardson, Fowers, and Guignon have imaginatively applied interpretive and dialogic concepts to the most troubling aspects of theory and practice. If psychology is going to be saved from its own worst tendencies, this book will be an indispensable element in its turning."_Philip Cushman, associate professor, California School of Professional Psychology and author of Constructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy"Richardson, Fowers, and Guignon bring together a valuable integrated examination of psychology's entanglements with twentieth century ideologies. The book provides a cogent argument for the importance of social theory in the understanding of the cultural and moral underpinnings of modern psychology and psychological practice. A commendable ethical imperative drives the authors' ideas and provides a model for others."_Rachel T. Hare-Mustin, diplomate in clinical psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology; author, Making a Difference: Psychology and the Construction of Gender"This book is a frank and insightful assessment of the unacknowledged culture and moral values that pervade modern psychotherapy practice and theory. This book not only diagnoses the problem but offers us an 'interpretive psychology' as a thought-provoking treatment."_Brent D. Slife, professor of psychology, Brigham Young University; author, What's Behind the Research?: Discovering Hidden Assumptions in the Behavioral Sciences

This work presents a new and important paradigm modification in psychology that attempts to incorporate ideas from quantum and postmodern culture. Quantum psychology is a psychology of consciousness and experience and is reflective of the entire process of being. Thus it is a holistic, dynamic, and ...

This work presents a new and important paradigm modification in psychology that attempts to incorporate ideas from quantum and postmodern culture. Quantum psychology is a psychology of consciousness and experience and is reflective of the entire process of being. Thus it is a holistic, dynamic, and synergistic model, designed to augment the classical model. It involves non-linear as well as linear models of description, with non-linearity having an association with intuitive and irrational thought. Quantum psychology represents an emergent system of understanding a consciousness that has been exposed to the complex and accelerating effects of a postmodern culture.