Read a not to good interview (journalist asking crappy questions) with Paul Moyaert. He's looking at schizophrenia from a philosophical and psychological point of view. He's looking for the health within the patient. There is more to a client than catastrophe alone. That's in crisis, but the schizophrenia is part of that person outside crisis too. And looking at how that works could be healing.
As I said, crappy interviewer. So not sure my interpretation is correct here. It was enough to make me curious about his philosophical essay on madness.
And I liked the idea of the self healing.
Have been thinking for a long time that lots of psychological 'defects' are self helping strategies. It's when the strategies remain when the reason is gone, or the strategies get a 'life' on there own, holding a person back, that it can become a problem.
Not true for all things of course. But often is imo. And it can come with damaging 'side-effects'. But same is true for medication.
At best a therapist would have the guts to really listen to the client and to find out why some things are helpful, even when seen as very bad.
