A Phenomenological Approach to Psychopathologies: An Embodied Proposal

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to develop a phenomenological analysis of those psychopathologies which involve an intersubjective disruption, such as schizophrenia or autistic spectrum disorder. After briefly summarizing the contemporary debate about intersubjectivity, I will emphasize the importance of the living body in the development of our understanding of otherness, and I will show two qualitative tools I have personally developed: a “phenomenological test” that takes into account specific phenomenological notions and is aimed at the analysis of the so-called existentialia (self, other, time, space, body); and a form of therapy focused on the fortification of intercorporeality and of bodily awareness.