How can therapists build rapport and trust with paranoid clients?

This paper is a rejoinder to John Wilson's piece “Power, Paranoia, and Education” which appeared inInterchange in 1991. Paranoia is when you feel like you're being deliberately harmed in some way, but there's no evidence, or very little evidence, that you are. I want to take a closer look at the relationship between conspiracy theory and cultural studies, not just to learn what cultural studies has to teach us about ... Feb 1, 2016 ... By Tony Attwood. Written in early 1962, and performed in Carnegie Hall that year, this is one of two songs I have selected that were written ... Someone experiencing a paranoid delusion may believe they're being harassed or persecuted. ... Some people feel their body is being taken over and someone else is ... feeling extremely nervous and worried because you believe that other people do not like you or are trying to harm you. From psychoanalytic theory it is reasoned that the paranoid schizophrenic is one who has not made an adequate identification with the parent of like sex; ... Apr 6, 2025 ... 'Fundamentally wrong, brutal and paranoid': how will the world respond to Donald Trump's tariffs? ... what does it mean for UK? 5 Apr 2025. Keir ... Elderly paranoia is a symptom of a wider mental health condition known as 'psychosis'. It can be described as a person's unfounded belief that other people ... Aug 31, 2023 ... What is more, cynical politicians have come to understand that they can exploit this sort of nationalism, by whipping up mistrust and hatred and ...