The Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education and Living is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded by Peter R. Breggin MD for professionals and non-professionals who want to raise ethical and scientific standards in psychology and psychiatry. The board of directors, advisory council and membership include professionals in many fields spanning psychology, counseling, social work, nursing, psychiatry, and other medical specialties, neuroscience, education, religion, and law, as well as concerned advocates and laypersons. Join the Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education & Living today! Be part of this innovative and forward thinking field.
Psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, electroshock and other biological interventions are not the answer to human psychological and spiritual suffering. The Center is devoted to examining the false theories and dangerous practices of biological psychiatry and to replacing them with more human and caring approaches. For the latest news, research and growing scientific resources see our ToxicPsychiatry.org project.
Our conferences are among the most scientifically informed, innovative, and inspiring. For many professionals and advocates they are life-changing. Join us for our second annual Empathic Therapy Conference for International Counselors, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Educators. Families, advocates and the general public are also encouraged to attend! Our 2012 conference theme is The Power of Empathic Relationship. Empathic relationship can be the basis of a wonderful, healing, thriving life. Sign up early--we may sell out this year! Read more about the 2012 Empathic Therapy Conference here.
To be fully involved in the emerging field of Empathic Therapy:
2. Register for our 2012 Empathic Therapy Conference
5. Listen weekly to Dr. Peter Breggin's inspiring internet radio talk show with some of the best guests in the world in the arena of mental health and living.
6. Visit our ToxicPsychiatry.com internet news and resources page for our growing collection of scientific papers, analysis and news about the false theories and dangerous practices of biological psychiatry and more human and caring approaches.
Be part of the Conscience of Psychiatry and the future of Empathic Therapy!
Warning! Most psychiatric drugs can cause withdrawal reactions, sometimes including life-threatening emotional and physical withdrawal problems. In short, it is not only dangerous to start taking psychiatric drugs, it can also be dangerous to stop them. Withdrawal from psychiatric drugs should be done carefully under experienced clinical supervision. Methods for safely withdrawing from psychiatric drugs are discussed in Dr. Breggin's books, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex (New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2008) and Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Crime (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008).
Peter R. Breggin, MD is no longer affiliated with the Center for the Study of Psychiatry, informally known as International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP or ISEPP), which he founded and led from 1972-2002, and Dr. Breggin is no longer involved in its conferences.
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