EP85 Invited Address 07a - The Therapeutic Milieu: Therapy in a Residential Setting - Bruno Bettelheim, PhD
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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Community
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985
- Faculty:
- Bruno Bettelheim | Ronald Laing, MD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:28:20
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1985
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: In this powerful address, Bruno Bettelheim traces the evolution of the “therapeutic milieu,” drawing on his work with autistic and schizophrenic children at the Orthogenic School. Through vivid clinical stories and practical detail, he shows how every aspect of daily life, from meals and baths to architecture and staff consensus, can become part of treatment when the entire environment is organized around restoring trust, dignity, and the desire to live.
Educational Objectives:
- To know the Indications and essentials for residential treatment
- To know the staffing pattern required for residential treatment
- To know the likely outcomes of residential treatment
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
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Bruno Bettelheim Related Seminars and Products
Bruno Bettelheim (August 28, 1903 – March 13, 1990) was an Austrian-born self-educated psychoanalyst who spent the bulk of his academic career from 1944 to 1973, as a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and director of the Orthogenic School for Disturbed Children.[2][3]
He is perhaps best known for his essay The Uses of Enchantment (1976), which applied Freudian psychology to fairy tales and won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought.[4][5]Bettelheim wrote a number of articles and books on psychology for more than 40 years and had an international reputation on such topics as Sigmund Freud and emotionally disturbed children.
Ronald Laing, MD Related Seminars and Products
Ronald David Laing, usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. R.D. received his M.D. from Glasgow University. Laing's name comes to mind when one thinks of practitioners who have been most effective at challenging prevailing medical thinking on schizophrenia. He has practices psychotherapy for more than 35 years and has authored 11 volumes.
Laing teaches and practices in London. Formerly he served as Chairman of The Philadelphia Association; was associated with the Tavistock Clinic; and was a Fellow of The Foundations Fund for Research in Psychiatry.