Thirty years of disability psychotherapy, a paradigm shift?

Abstract

Purpose

This paper charts the development and practice of disability psychotherapy for the author and for services.

Design/methodology/approach

A personal account relating events to the development of thinking and practice.

Findings

The author suggests that a paradigm shift has occurred over the 30 years to a position of “doing with” as opposed to “doing to”.

Originality/value

This has not previously been put forward as a way of understanding present day services.

Citation

Frankish, P. (2013), "Thirty years of disability psychotherapy, a paradigm shift?", Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 7 No. 5, pp. 257-262. https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-06-2013-0038