Existential Psychotherapy – Ronald Laing

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Summary

• Description: Ronald Laing (1985) interviews a home-less woman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

• Her presenting complaint is that her brain does not work right and that people are out to get her.

• Laing relates to the client and explores her theories of human conspiracy, the power of the mind and mind reading, issues of Christianity, and how these concepts relate to her.

• Educational Objectives: To list existential techniques.

• To know the importance of fitting the techniques to the patient.