Hospitality is a key concept in contemporary continental philosophy that emphasizes the importance of welcoming the stranger. Despite its relevance to psychotherapy, little has been written about how it could be a framework for the psychotherapeutic encounter, especially for people experiencing psychosis. In the world of psychiatry, the person with psychosis is often viewed as “other,” a...
ABSTRACT Reductionist models of schizophrenia and psychosis have been criticized for neglecting first person experiences of these conditions. In response, at least two distinct bodies of research have emerged which study first person experience: philosophical phenomenology and approaches linked with the recovery movement. Phenomenological writings have produced a conceptual model of...