- Stephen Ticktin
Stephen Jan Ticktin (born 1946) is a Canadian
psychiatrist , therapist and lecturer, and a notable figure in theanti-psychiatry movement.After earning his medical degree from the
University of Toronto in 1973, Ticktin became personal assistant to anti-psychiatry movement leader David Cooper, travelling with him through Europe, North America, South America and Mexico on his lecture tours (1972 - 1976). He also studied with thePhiladelphia Association and apprenticed in existential therapy withR.D. Laing . In 1983, Ticktin obtained an MRCPsych in Psychiatry through theRoyal College of Psychiatrists in London, and in the course of the decades during which Ticktin made the UK his home, he helped to found theBritish Network of Alternatives to Psychiatry and theSupportive Psychotherapy Association .He joined the editorial collective of "
Asylum Magazine " in 1987 and has published articles in a number of British psychiatry journals. Ticktin has also been a visiting lecturer and supervisor at theRegent's College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, and at TheNew School of Psychotherapy and Counselling atSchiller International University , where he worked withEmmy van Deurzen . In 2004, he returned to Canada where he is currently in private practice and is also adjunct faculty at [http://www.livinginstitute.org/ the Living Institute] in Toronto.Publications
*"The User's Voice in Mental Health Services" in "Asylum: Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry", Vol. 5 (3) 1991
*"Friendship, Therapy, Camaraderie: An Existential Approach to Therapy With Young People" in "Case Studies in Existential Psychotherapy", Simon Du Plock, Ed. (Wiley, Chichester, 1997)
*"R. D. Laing, A Tribute" in "R.D. Laing, Creative Destroyer", Bob Mullan, Ed. (Cassell, London, 1997)
*"R.D. Laing's Divided Tooth" in "Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis", Vol. 5
*"'Ticktin's Syndrome', or, The Post-Psychiatric Post Confusional State" in "Asylum: Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry", Vol.3 (2)
*"Brother Beast: A Personal Mémoir of David Cooper" in "Asylum: Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry", Vol. 1 (3).
*Review of "R.D. Laing, A Biography, by Adrian Laing" (London: Peter Owen, 1994) in "Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis"
*"R.D. Laing, A Tribute" in "Asylum: Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry", Vol. 4 (2) 1990ources
* [http://laingsociety.org/laingbods/cvita/ticktin.htm Biography] on the [http://laingsociety.org Society For Laingian Studies website] .
* [http://www.livinginstitute.org/stephen-ticktin Stephen Ticktin] Living Institute biography
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