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Thinking points for psychotherapists and philosophers: Psychotherapy as a moral treatment. A discussion of Luis Charland’s brief paper: “Moral treatment”

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Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), French psychiatrist and physician. Pinel arrived in Paris in 1778 and held various posts in hospitals and as editor of a gazette on health. Following the death of a mentally ill friend in 1785, he devoted his life’s work to mental illness. In 1795, he became chief physician of the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. Pinel pioneered the humane treatment of the mentally ill by releasing them from their chains. His 1801 book was translated and published in English in 1806 as a ‘Treatise on Insanity’. Lithograph from ‘Galerie medicale’ (1825-1829), a collection of portraits by Pierre Roch Vigneron (1789-1872).

One of the most controversial topics in psychotherapy is to what extent psychotherapy is a process of moral re-education, especially in cases of personality disorders. The idea harks back to the founder of the modern psychotherapeutic clinic, psychiatrist Philippe Pinel, and has been particularly influentially argued for in modern literature by the renowned psychologist Luis Charland.

This seminar focuses on Charland’s paper “Moral Treatment”, which opens a number of key perspectives on psychotherapy. The seminar lasts 2 hours and participants are issued a certificate of attendance that counts towards the satisfaction of the criteria for enrolment in psychotherapeutic training as Modal Integrative Psychotherapists, within the Institute for Practical Humanities. It is also potentially useful to all psychotherapists and practitioners in a variety of counselling modalities.

Participation fee is $25, payable by PayPal. To register, please write me at a.fatic@iph.edu.rs. The seminar will be held the Saturday following the registration of every 8th participant in a group, as the group must have minimally 8 participants.

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