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It's easier for health professionals and patients to use drugs as a substitute for change. Self-medication with alcohol or nicotine, or prescription anti-depressants and stimulants, is easier than applying intelligence, maturity and analytical skills to complex relationships.

Although drugs are cheaper for the patient (in the short term) and easier and more profitable for health professionals, the long-term consequences and side-effects of psychoactive drugs are unacceptable to many professionals and an increasing number of their patients.

Identity Loss article has been moved HERE

Most normal, ordinary people can describe intense emotional experiences. Have you ever felt angry enough to kill someone? Or depressed enough to hurt yourself? Or stuck in some HUGE conflict? Or obsessed with something (like finding a toilet ... NOW!!) Have you ever been unsure if a dream was really a dream? If so ... you know what it's like!


What is Real ... What is Imagined?

Some people appear unable to differentiate between real and unreal experiences, logical and illogical thoughts, or appropriate and inappropriate behavior. They may be diagnosed by a health professional as suffering from psychosis or schizophrenia. These medical opinions cannot be supported or rejected by laboratory tests, and may be mistaken for other problems (such as allergies to common foods).

Labels like schizophrenia are opinions, scary labels applied to people who appear to lose contact with a cultural or shared reality. No cure for schizophrenia has been accepted by Western medicine. If people diagnosed with schizophrenia find lasting drug-free solutions ... it wasn't schizophrenia. And if a patient disagrees with a doctor's opinion - well - that's called denial.

The duration of symptoms is critical. A combination of bizarre behavior, disorganized speech, decreased expressiveness and/or social withdrawal may accompany severe hangover, a few days of sleep deprivation (e.g. jet-lag following flights from Hawaii to Europe) or a fever. If these symptoms last a few months, someone may be diagnosed as psychotic.

The terrible label of schizophrenia, as much as the symptoms, can devastate lives. Many people labeled as schizophrenic read about it, and then kill themselves.

In Soviet Russia, some dissidents were diagnosed with schizophrenia without symptoms and were imprisoned. Similar phenomena may occur in military organizations, prisons and in other cult-like organizations. People with views not accepted by social leaders are often called sick.

Psychosis is exaggerated normality!

The symptoms associated with schizophrenia can impair a person’s ability to work, study, enjoy relationships, or take care of oneself. Some people diagnosed with schizophrenia are hospitalized to prevent them harming themselves - or others.

Tragically, many homeless or street people seem to have symptoms associated with psychosis, but they cannot afford medical treatment nor specialized care.

The medical and the systemic coaching models are different in how behavior is perceived and interpreted. Yet medicine and systemic solutions both start from observed symptoms and both aim to provide appropriate treatment via accurate diagnosis. Ana Pejcinova, PhD


Schizophrenia

Symptoms of schizophrenia can be arranged into three overlapping groups called: positive symptoms (excesses of thought, emotion and behavior), negative symptoms (deficits of emotion and behavior) and psychomotor symptoms. While positive symptoms are often treated with antipsychotic drugs, psychomotor symptoms can limit personal or working relationships, and disrupt everyday social events.

The more obvious positive symptoms are inappropriate behaviors: unexpected movements and disorganized speech, describing delusions (for example of persecution), heightened perceptions and hallucinations. These symptoms indicate chaotic internal organization and an inability to differentiate between subjective thoughts and objective reality.

The so-called negative symptoms or deficits may seem to show a lack of interest in other people and in the world. Their inexpressive faces, monotonic and monosyllabic speech, few gestures, inability to feel pleasure or act spontaneously may motivate other people to avoid them.

The psychomotor symptoms include awkward movements, repeated grimaces and unusual gestures. These symptoms may take the extreme form called catatonia, and include stupor, rigidity and posturing. Some movements may appear to be made for magical or religious reasons.

People labeled as schizophrenia often research their diagnosis - and become depressed or suicidal. This depression may be a reaction to their diagnosis - not to their symptoms.

Most symptoms associated with schizophrenia develop between the ages of 15 and 30. This is the age range where most people wish to commence a committed partnership leading to parenthood. Some people cannot consider partnership or parenthood due to identity issues and toxic relationship bonds. Their abreaction to this lost chance of happiness may be severe; and they may cling to their symptoms to justify their inability to communicate.

My son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and takes drugs to control his symptoms ... However he likes his symptoms and sometimes stops taking his drugs just to enjoy his "other-world" communications that he does not want to lose. Warsaw, Poland

Symptoms often become less severe as people grow older. About 25% of people with symptoms of schizophrenia become symptom-free later in life, perhaps as the genetic imperatives and emotional demands for partnership and parenthood are diminished or replaced.


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We find that people are whole, creative and resourceful …and sometimes people are unable to access or use their own resources. If you suspect that a person shows psychotic behavior, you can refer that person for medical or psychiatric evaluation. We do not diagnose or treat disorders, rather we coach people to explore their emotions and improve their relationships.

  1. We are collaborators rather than experts
  2. We don’t diagnose or treat mental health disorders
  3. We focus on the present and future; not so much on the past
  4. We focus on a person’s whole life; not specific symptoms

  5. Therapy seeks to fix unresolved issues; we help people be involved with their lives
  6. Therapists may seek theories and treatment plans; we seek a person's own wisdom

We sometimes work under the supervision of psychiatrists to help people diagnosed with schizophrenic symptoms to express their feelings appropriately - for example to to adjust their voices and facial expressions with family members and in other relationships. This often includes rehearsing social interactions and exploring the emotions that surface.

Consult a physician about any opinions about schizophrenia or other medical conditions.

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1. Where are you now? Assess relationship bonds and entanglements Systems 1
2. What are your life goals?  Identify your life goals ... and what blocks you Systems 2
3. How to reach your goals?  Use your conscious and unconscious resources Systems 3
4. What stops you?  Dissolve abuse and trauma to rebuild motivation Systems 4
5. What else stops you? Change your limiting beliefs to end dependence Systems 5
6. What else stops you? Resolve identity loss to recover qualities and skills Systems 6
7. What else stops you? Heal mentor damage and find quality mentorship Systems 7
8. What about your partnership? Build happy partnership (or separate peacefully) Systems 8
9. What about your children? We coach parents to resolve family problems Systems 9
10. What about your success? We coach team leaders and teams ... together Systems 10
11. What about your community? We coach community leaders and communities Systems 11
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Plagiarism is theft. Copyright © Martyn Carruthers 1996-2010 All rights reserved. Soulwork Systemic Coaching was primarily developed by Martyn Carruthers. We help people define and achieve goals, resolve emotional blocks and improve relationships. This information is for general knowledge only. Consult a physician about medical conditions and before changing any medical treatment. Don't steal ... ask Martyn for permission to post or publish his work.