Open Dialogue: An Applied Laingian Practice
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https://doi.org/10.65828/kbgt0934Keywords:
Open Dialogue, R.D. Laing, approach, psychotherapy, schizophrenia, intensiveAbstract
The ideas of Open Dialogue share a particular affinity with the work of R.D. Laing. Since Laing did not propose a therapeutic way of working with families with a psychotic or schizophrenic member, Open Dialogue may be as close as we get to an Applied Laingian approach.
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