While Psychiatry Slept ― Reawakening the Imagination in Therapy

Where has the imagination gone in current psychiatric practice? While Psychiatry Slept dares to ask this question. It challenges psychiatry’s literalistic theories and demonstrates how the imagination is always revealing itself through nighttime dreams, physical symptoms, hallucinations, delusions, and synchronicity. Using material from actual patient cases over his thirty-five years as a psychiatrist, the author weaves a collection of fictional stories showcasing the vibrant realm of the imaginal—that region between mind and body—returning psychotherapy to its original meaning: “therapy of the soul.”

Dr. George Mecouch, D.O. is an osteopath, board-certified psychiatrist, and medical director of a community mental health center. He also maintains an analytically oriented private practice and is an adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry. He has authored numerous articles for online journals, blogs, and psychology journals with a special emphasis on dreams, Jungian psychology, and psychosis. He lives in Vancouver, Washington.