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Basically, the Soteria method can be characterized as the 24 hour a day application of interpersonal phenomenologic interventions by a nonprofessional staff, usually without neuroleptic drug treatment, in the context of a small, homelike, quiet, supportive, protective, and tolerant social environment. The core practice of interpersonal phenomenology focuses on the development of a nonintrusive, noncontrolling […]

Let’s all go to hell.
It’s the least expensive vacation spot.
Make reservations at the door.
-Writing on the wall of the first Soteria House, San Jose (ca. 1972).




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