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PROCESS, SCHIZOPHRENIC AND THERAPEUTIC: SOME MISCONCEPTIONS RESULTING FROM LANGUAGE AND PHILOSOPHY

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.118.1.61

The task of the therapist, then, is a close attention to the experience of his patient, but not interpretation, explanation, or evaluation. What is needed for good treatment is that the therapist be "tuned in" on his patient, receive him clearly, and let him know that he is understood. If he keeps close to the phenomenal, the psychiatrist can avoid the hazard of thinking in essences.

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