ABSTRACT

Successful Drug-Free Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia offers a close examination of how to treat schizophrenic patients using psychotherapy rather than drugs, applying derivatives of psychodynamic principles in treating patients. The author provides real examples throughout of how therapists can resolve patients’ emotional conflicts with better outcomes than by resorting to drugs. She presents methods that allow patients to avoid the neurological damage and obesity that can often result from the use of anti-psychotic drugs. The practical techniques and advice this book offers enable therapists to resolve the chaos of schizophrenia using psychotherapy alone. Theoretically, this book can also be useful for work with depressives.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

Awakening the Schizophrenic Dreamer

chapter 4|12 pages

Bathsheba

A 19-Year Recalcitrant Case of Schizophrenic Requiring 20 Months to Get to the Neurotic Level

chapter 5|12 pages

“Black Hole” Phenomenon

Deficit or Defense? A Case Report

chapter 6|4 pages

Addendum to “Black Hole” Phenomenon

Deficit or Defense? A Case Report

chapter 8|18 pages

John Rosen: Genius or Quack?

Historical Reflections of a Former Student

chapter 11|24 pages

Communicating with the Schizophrenic Superego Revisited

A New Technique

chapter 14|13 pages

Opposing Opinions as to Treatment of Wishes and Hopes Pathology

A Response to Salman Akhtar

chapter 17|5 pages

The Burned-Out Therapist

chapter 19|8 pages

Technique

Dos and Don’ts

chapter 20|2 pages

Side Effects of Anti-Psychotic Drugs

chapter 21|2 pages

Epilogue