#rd laing

In case this resource is helpful for anyone, this snippet is from page 84 of: Treatment of schizoid personality: An analytic psychotherapy handbook

It's quite comprehensive, explains a lot of concepts + the felt experience of those struggling with Schizoid PD, has many examples of cases, many quotes from psychological literature on schizoid pd spanning many years and writers. I first found it years back and it helped a lot in becoming more aware of how my mind works but it didn't occur to me that it might be good to share until now.

It goes over challenges in treatment on both the therapist's and patient's ends (transference and countertransference), therapists have to be aware of these or else it becomes very likely that therapy will not work, at baseline therapy is challenging for both the patient and therapist because the entire Schizoid structure is about disengaging, the opposite of what the disorders that therapy is most effective for.

If any therapists happen to see this and you truly want to help even your harder to reach patients, please consider reading through, you never know when you might come across a patient who holds schizoid adaptations, you often can't tell at all, and a different approach can make a huge huge difference.