The Hermeneutic Approach to Mental Health

The Hermeneutic Approach to Mental Health: Theory and Practice bridges the gap between philosophical reflection and the lived realities of mental health care. Drawing on the insights of Gadamer, Heidegger, Jaspers, Foucault, Szasz, and Laing, this book offers a practical framework for understanding and treating mental illness without reducing the person to a diagnosis. Through interpretive listening, case applications, collaborative treatment planning, and structured exercises, Dr. Edmond Charley guides clinicians, caregivers, and those living with mental illness toward a shared language of recovery and meaning-making. At its core, this is not just a book about mental health, it is a call to meet the human being behind the illness, and to walk alongside them toward a renewed horizon of understanding and care.