Andrew Feldmár
Andrew Feldmár (''Feldmár András''; born 28 October 1940, in
Budapest) is a
Hungarian-born
psychotherapist living in Canada. He is most known as the Hungarian follower of
R. D. Laing, the Scottish psychiatrist who was one of the leading figures of the
counterculture of the 1960s. Laing, who later became his friend, was his teacher and therapist first. Following his mentor, Feldmár practices and popularizes a form of radical psychotherapy, where the main goal of the therapist is to engage in a real, spontaneous and honest relationship with the patient. This approach is based on the findings of research on interpersonal
phenomenology, spiritual emergency, the anthropology of healing,
existential psychotherapy and community therapy. Feldmár rejects the labelling of human suffering, and therefore distances himself from the mainstream forms of
psychiatry and psychotherapy which are based on the concept of
mental illness. He has published many books in Hungarian, and he lectures, teaches, and provides supervision and therapy internationally, he has worked as a psychotherapist with over 52 years of experience, having spent more than 100,000 hours in psychotherapy with clients. He has been noticeably successful treating psychotic patients. He is a well-known expert in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
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