Schiffian Reparenting Theory Reexamined Through Contemporary Lenses: Comprehending the Meanings of Psychotic Experience

Abstract

Abstract This article undertakes a critical review of the theories and practices developed by Jacqui Schiff and her colleagues. The ethics procedures that resulted in Schiff’s loss of her training status within the International Transactional Analysis Association and subsequent lack of systemic reappraisals of reparenting methods are examined at length. The therapeutic challenges in the face of psychotic processes are then discussed through the lens of contemporary models.