Imaginative Vulnerability and Symbolic Mediation: A Phenomenological Analysis in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Conditions.

A symbolic reading of therapeutic transition: a theoretical reflection on embodiment, meaning, and change

Liberation or Dissociation? Cultural Mediation and Embodied Development in the Interpretation of Jīvanmukti

The Indian concept of Jīvanmukti - liberation while living - offers a critical challenge to dominant psychological models centred on ego integration, identity coherence, and performance. Drawing on cultural psychology, phenomenology, and classical Indian philosophy, this article examines how experiences of altered self...

What is it Like to Recover From Psychosis? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

This study aims to explore the lived experience of recovery from psychosis, with a focus on pre-reflective, embodied, and intersubjective aspects. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. The data collected were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysi...

Recent trends and adaptations in trauma-informed psychoanalytic psychotherapies: A scoping review.

A growing sensitivity has emerged within psychoanalytic theory and intervention to the specific conditions of complex posttraumatic pathology and its clinical challenges. Yet an articulated, encompassing view of the diverse proposals within this new sensitivity is still lacking. This article advances such articulation...

“All Words Remain Unresolved”: Ephemera, Crip Solidarities, and the Poetics of Alakesh Kalita

This article intervenes in Indian disability justice through a case study of Assamese poet Alakesh Kalita, who lived with schizophrenia. Shifting focus from public activism to private, relational solidarity, it examines spaces shaped by care, intimacy, and affective labour. Drawing on José Esteban Muñoz’s concept of...

Myth, Meaning, and Mental Health: Rollo May's Existential Psychology in Dialogue with Contemporary Religion and Health Research.

The contemporary mental health crisis is increasingly described in terms of meaninglessness, fragmentation of identity, and spiritual disorientation. While empirical research in religion and health has demonstrated consistent associations between religiosity, spirituality, and psychological well-being, the underlying s...