Ron Unger, LCSW, Author at Mad In America

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http://www.recoveryfromschizophrenia.org

Dialogues with Madness: A therapist and educator specializing in cognitive therapy for psychosis, Ron Unger explores emerging understandings of psychosis and of efforts to change mental health treatment to support human rights and full recovery.

An Illness, or Risky Experimentation?

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Rethinking “Delusions”: Envisioning a Humanistic Approach to Troublesome Beliefs

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Recovery Versus Mad Pride: Exploring the Contradictions

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Helping People to Constructively Engage with Voices

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Process Oriented Approaches to Altered and Extreme States of Consciousness

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Distinguishing Dissociative Disorders from Psychotic Disorders: Compounding Alienation

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Promoting Healing After Psychosis

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When Minds Crack, The Light Might Get In: A Spiritual Perspective on Madness

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From “Recovery” to “Transformation and Recovery”

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“Heartbeats of Hope: The Empowerment Way to Recover” – A Book Review

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From Madness to Mastery: Gaining Competence with Altered States

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What Role Does Talk Therapy Have in Recovery from Psychosis?

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“Navigating” Recovery: Difficult When the Map is a Psychiatric Fraud!

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Troubled by Individual and Collective Psychosis? Maybe Compassion and Dialogue Could Help!

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How Psychiatry Almost Stopped Burning Man: A Story of Hell and Liberation

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Are They “Symptoms” or “Strategies?”

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Psychiatry: Worth Keeping If “Slowed Down”?

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Getting Back to Dialogue – The Core of Healing!

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“Schizophrenia Breakthrough” – Or a Case of Ignoring the Most Important Evidence?

Ron Unger, LCSW - February 6, 2016 19

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Madness and the Family: What Helps, and What Makes Things Worse?

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Why Mainstream Psychiatry Fears a Balanced Understanding of Psychosis

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The Sweet Spot Between Ignorance and Certainty: A Place Where Dialogue and Healing...

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CBT: Part of the Solution, Part of the Problem, an Illusion, or All...

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Developing a Compassionate Voice as a Step Toward Living With Voices

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Listening for the Person within “Madness”

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