Guest Blogger Don Karp, helps young adults recovering from schizophrenia with practical, science based self-care. Check out his free video, 7-Step Self-Hypnosis Process, by signing up here. His book, available on Amazon, is The Bumpy Road: A Memoir of Culture Clash, Including Woodstock, Mental Hospitals and Living In Mexico. He is a regular contributor to […]
As a psychotherapist who works with other Mad individuals in an L.A. county facility, it seems to me that the wider Mad community is not always aware of the diversity that exists within. While I am grateful for every person who has survived in spite of the limits of therapeutic environments available to many, rich […]
Coming out Mad, as a professional with a Marriage and Family Therapy License has been a rocky journey over uncharted, and lawless terrain. I share my experience to help embolden others who have experienced trauma, stigma, and institutionalization to be mentally transparent and come out in an authentic manner in their therapy practice. I believe […]
Looking further at evidence based practice, I want to use professional experience to look at how putting-the-cart-first treatment translates into wasted public dollars and second class services. In this article, I take myself out of the State Hospital, and insert myself thirteen years later in the ranks of the mental health workers. Not only are we […]
Click to go to psychcentral pro page: Source: A Psychotherapist Reflects on Shortcomings of Evidence-Based Practice: Part One | Psych Central Professional These days, more and more, the concept of evidence based practice is training mental health workers to put the cart before the horse. Setting up strict fidelity measures to replicate success grossly underestimates […]