Radical psychotherapy

Andrew will summarize insights he has gained from fifty-five years of practising psychotherapy under the influence of R. D. Laing.

Andrew Feldmár is a Vancouver-based psychologist and psychotherapist. He has taught, lectured, and led workshops at SFU, UBC, Emily Carr University, and Douglas College. During 1974–1975, he spent a year in London, England, intensively studying and training in the practice of psychotherapy under the renowned and controversial Scottish psychiatrist, R. D. Laing. During this year, he also studied with Francis Huxley (the anthropology of healing), John Heaton (existential psychotherapy), Hugh Crawford (community therapy), and Leon Redler (spiritual emergency). In 1989, he was a guest on a 3-part CBC Ideas radio series entitled R. D. Laing Today. He has also worked as a consultant in both television and film (e.g., Showcase’s Kink series, Neurons to Nirvana: The Great Medicines). Other career highlights include work with the United Nations; founding the Integra Households Association, a non-profit charity working with those in extreme mental distress; and Third Mind Productions, a film production company that went on to turn out the 1987 film, Did You Used to Be R. D. Laing? He has also worked extensively overseas, mainly in Hungary, where he has published over 30 books. He is well-known to international audiences in the field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, having presented at numerous conferences on the subject.

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