{"product_id":"coming-home-a-psychotherapists-reflections-on-madness-and-the-state-of-western-psychosis-paperback","title":"Coming Home: A Psychotherapist's Reflections on Madness and the State of Western Psychosis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrandon Houston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRodney Miles\u003c\/b\u003e (Producer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brandon Houston's Coming Home is a powerful antidote to the poison of mainstream psychiatric thinking. We need more accounts like this: deeply personal and heartfelt, infused with spiritual reflection, and pointing the way towards new responses to madness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eWill Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e, host of Madness Radio, author of The Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Madness is a topic that's ill-treated in both the Western and Eastern psychological traditions. We need more well-written and engaging books like this to help normalize, soothe, and support the most sensitively attuned among us... If you find yourself living in an unwise society, as many of us do, count yourself lucky to have access to the wisdom of Coming Home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eVince Fakhoury Horn\u003c\/strong\u003e, Dharma Teacher, Buddhist Geeks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a quiet, unflinching account of psychosis - what happens when perception ruptures the shared world, how a self forms to make sense in the extremes and the journey home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandon Houston, MA, LPCC, weaves his lived experience of madness, his extensive clinical experience and two decades of training in contemplative traditions to support him in paving a new way of relating to recovery from psychotic experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part clinical reflection, and part philosophical offering, \u003cem\u003eComing Home\u003c\/em\u003e introduces: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA framework for living wholeheartedly post-break\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn account of healing as rhythm, not return\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA quiet challenge to mainstream psychiatric narratives, rooted in lived experience and contemplative care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA field guide for clinicians who suspect there's more happening than pathology can explain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand extended to those who have been through madness, offering not solutions but companionship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, \u003cem\u003eComing Home\u003c\/em\u003e encourages clinicians, patients, and loved ones to move away from pathological narratives of broken brains, chemical imbalances, and heritable illness; to embrace the reality of recovery from psychosis, and most importantly restoring the possibility of wholehearted living post-break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing Home \u003c\/em\u003eexplores what it means to honor one's unique sensitivities and experiences as well as the training needed to live in the world with a sensitive disposition. The author posits recovery from psychosis as a natural process akin to any other healing, a process that requires gentleness, groundedness, and understanding to take hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a book about perception, meaning-making, and the slow work of reclaiming a life without denying one's experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those looking for a perspective on madness outside of traditional mental health, \u003cem\u003eComing Home \u003c\/em\u003eoffers new ways of thinking about madness, recovery, and what it means to be human, ultimately challenging traditional mental health to imagine new stories to support healing from madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53575205388595,"sku":"9798349309465","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/coming-home-a-psychotherapists-reflections-on-madness-and-the-state-of-western-psychosis-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}