Dimensions of Empathic Therapy

by Peter R. Breggin

Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Discusses empathy as a cornerstone of personal life as well as professional practice. Applies the use of writing to foster empathy, empathy therapy with different populations, and how to bridge cultural differences in empathy therapy. Softcover.

197 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2001

About the author

Peter R. Breggin MD is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and former Consultant at NIMH who has been called “The Conscience of Psychiatry” for his many decades of successful efforts to reform the mental health field.
His work provides the foundation for modern criticism of psychiatric diagnoses and drugs, and leads the way in promoting more caring and effective therapies.
His research and educational projects have brought about major changes in the FDA-approved Full Prescribing Information or labels for dozens of antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs.
Dr. Breggin has authored dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books, including medical books and the bestsellers Toxic Psychiatry and Talking Back to Prozac.